09-19-11 Personnel and Finance Committee

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. �°� s� � � :.` PERSONNEL AND FINANCE SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 Committee Members Present: Tom LaFountain, Chairperson; Oliver Davis Other Council Members Present: Tim Rouse Others Present: Gregg Zientara, Steven Curry, Chuck Leone, Beth Leonard, Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand; Rita Kopala; Don Inks Agenda: Bill No. 56-11 —Set Wages for Appointed and Non- Bargaining Employees This committee hearing was called to allow the City Controller Gregg Zientara the opportunity to present bill No. 56-11 for Council consideration. Chairperson LaFountain recognized Gregg Zientara who provided two handouts to guide the Council through his presentation. The city's first presentation to Council was on September 12tn It prompted a number of questions resulting in this special meeting. Before discussing the bill, Gregg reported that 10 additional licenses were being purchased from Laserfiche for document access at a cost of$3,000. The Council has asked the Controller to investigate and remedy the limited access problem brought to light by Kyle Chamberlin the citizen member of the PARC committee. Access ease would be monitored after the additional licenses were activated. Greg then used a 22 slide presentation to explain the compensation theory and implementation envisioned in Bill No. 56-11. Also present to answer any questions was Mr. Steven Curry, a consultant used to develop the proposed changes. Karen White asked about Mr. Curry's background. He responded, he has worked for five organizations in the human resources/compensation field, 3 private sector and 2 public sector. Karen then asked Gregg who developed this "vision" of compensation. Gregg said the Mayor, Gary Gilot, Chuck Leone, and Jan Hall along with himself. He said the city's HR director Jan Hall was at early meetings but not later on. Tim Rouse asked if any other cities in Indiana had taken this approach based upon merit. Gregg cited Fort Wayne as an example.