Human Resources Committee Minutes 8-8-19 with Attachments<\/a><\/p>\nTo read the minutes, please open or download the pdf from the link above, or you may see more below.<\/p>\n
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Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission<\/strong><\/p>\n1703 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520<\/strong><\/p>\nCommission Meeting Room<\/strong><\/p>\nThursday, August 8, 2019 at 10:30 AM<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nHUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE MINUTES<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\nPRESENT:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nDonald Elliott, Committee Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\nCornell Harvey, Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\nAndrew Burroughs, Interim Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\nALSO PRESENT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nBen Turnipseed, Commission Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\nSteve Copeland, Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0Jay Sellers, Director of Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0Janice Meridith, Exec. Commission Administrator<\/strong><\/p>\nABSENT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nWayne Neal, Commissioner<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nMEDIA PRESENT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nPamela Permar-Shierling, The Islander\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nChairman Elliott called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM.<\/p>\n
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD<\/strong><\/p>\nThere being no citizens that wished to address the Committee, Chairman Elliott closed the Public Comment Period.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAPPROVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Minutes from June 20, 2019 Human Resources Committee Meeting <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Commissioner Harvey made a motion seconded by Committee Chairman Elliott to accept the minutes from the June 20, 2019 Human Resources Committee Meeting.\u00a0 Motion carried 2-0-1.\u00a0 (Commissioner Neal was absent from the meeting.)<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Emergency Response Pay<\/strong> \u2013 A. Burroughs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Mr. Burroughs advised that the Emergency Preparedness Committee Meeting on the previous Thursday and the items discussed included FEMA reimbursements.\u00a0 He stated that one issue with previous reimbursements was that the written policy for emergency response pay was not followed and FEMA will only reimburse for what is specifically written in the policy prior to an event.\u00a0 Staff reviewed the policies and determined there were only a few clarifications or revisions that were needed within Section 4.1 and 6.2 of the JWSC HR Standards of Practice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs provided a redlined copy of the revised policy draft and discussed those few revisions with the Committee. \u00a0Commissioner Harvey requested for \u201cExecutive\u201d to be placed in front of \u201cDirector\u201d in the last sentence of Section 4.1.12 where the word \u201cDirector\u201d is replacing \u201cChairman of the Commission\u201d for clarification.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Harvey made a motion seconded by Commissioner Elliott to approve the changes as made by staff and as requested by the Committee within Sections 4.1 and 6.2 of the JWSC HR Standards of Practice and to forward to the full Commission for approval.\u00a0 Motion carried 2-0-1.\u00a0 (Commissioner Neal was absent from the meeting.)<\/u><\/p>\n
DISCUSSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Salary Survey<\/strong> \u2013 A. Burroughs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Mr. Burroughs explained the salary survey as prepared for the Committee.\u00a0 The survey included comparisons of the executive, senior and superintendent staff position salaries of JWSC and those as obtained from the AWWA (American Water Works Association) for the same or similar positions at similar sized utilities. \u00a0He noted that the data pulled from the AWWA survey was collected by the AWWA prior to March of 2018.\u00a0 The 2019 data is not available yet.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs explained the methodology he used to complete the salary survey:\u00a0 Identify current JWSC senior level positions; Identify AWWA job specifications with similar responsibilities; Record data on board-operated utilities; Record data on utilities serving populations of 50,000 to 100,000; and compare data to existing JWSC positions.\u00a0 Chairman Turnipseed asked if the data was broken down by region.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs responded it was broken down by states, but not by region. \u00a0Commissioner Harvey advised that the concern was in our geographic region and area survey of salaries in this area.\u00a0 He expressed a concern that the AWWA surveyed salaries are skewed and not compatible with this area and noted it would merit to compare the JWSC salaries with salaries in our geographic area rather than nationally.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs noted that the AWWA survey was more industry specific for comparison, and that a comparison would be done that was more specific to this geographic area.\u00a0 Commissioner Copeland questioned if this study was done internally and Mr. Burroughs responded that it was.\u00a0\u00a0 Commissioner Copeland asked if benefits were included for comparison.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs recalled for the Committee that in Mr. Condrey\u2019s presentation he had advised that an organization\u2019s total benefits should be within 38% to 41% of total compensation.\u00a0 Commissioner Copeland asked where JWSC\u2019s benefits are at, and Mr. Burroughs provided that based on last year\u2019s insurance plan, JWSC\u2019s benefits were at about 41%, and this has not been calculated with the current insurance plan.<\/p>\n
\n- Safety Stand Down Review<\/strong> \u2013 A. Burroughs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Mr. Burroughs advised that on Wednesday July 31, 2019 Safety Stand Down Day was held.\u00a0 Two groups met at different times due to staff size and lunch was provided for all.\u00a0 There were three presenters, Jeffrey Singletary from TSI reviewed the previous year\u2019s safety incidents, Mike Riepenhoff from Zenith discussed \u201cErgonomics\u201d, and Charlie Moore gave a presentation on active shooter awareness.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs then explained the current safety incentive program and how the incentive was earned.\u00a0 He advised that the safety incentive program will be discontinued in the presenting of checks to employees and that safety will be now included on employees\u2019 annual evaluations and will be considered individually.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs provided that as of October 1, 2019 all JWSC employees will be subject to random drug testing rather than only those with CDL licenses, and that testing will be administered by Teamwork Services.\u00a0 The Committee further discussed the safety training that is provided for JWSC employees as well as defensive driver training.\u00a0 Commissioner Elliott commented that he was happy with the safety accountability being moved to individual, but he would like to have a monetary amount to be provided for someone who takes extra effort to ensure that all are safe on the team.\u00a0 This should be incorporated to include each level up in supervision with some sort of bonus at each level for ensuring the safety of the organization to enforce it.\u00a0 Commissioner Harvey commented that he had some concern hearing that the safety incentive would be discontinued.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs explained this was discussed with the Safety Council and there is consideration for a raffle program to be offered.\u00a0 He added that at times when there is a monetary reward involved, it may cause some people to not report their incidents in order to receive the incentive.\u00a0 With the change in the program, safety does become a part of the employee\u2019s annual evaluation and can benefit them if they are safe and receive a higher evaluation score causing them to receive a salary increase.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nWith no further business to discuss, Committee Chairman Elliott adjourned the meeting at<\/p>\n
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