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Commission Minutes—December 16, 2013 4243 10. PERSONNEL POLICY, Section 7.00 Wage and Salary Administration regarding starting salaries Keith Berndt, County Administrator, said at the Personnel Overview Committee meeting held last month, members discussed changes to the personnel policy regarding starting salaries. He prepared revisions to Section 7.00 Wage and Salary Administration, which were reviewed and approved by department heads at their meeting last month. Mr. Berndt said the proposed changes would allow the following: - A department head could hire a new employee in steps 2 – 5 with concurrence from the Administrator and Portfolio Commissioner and require no Commission action; - A department head could hire a new employee above step 5 with full commission approval. The request would be sent to the Commission via the County Administrator. The County Administrator would forward the request to the full Commission with a recommendation; - Starting step for new department heads would be determined by the County Commission. Mr. Peterson asked about the procedures to follow if the portfolio commissioner does not agree with a request to hire above step 1. Mr. Berndt said he could draft language so that in these types of events, the matter may be forwarded to the entire board for consideration. MOTION, passed Mr. Peterson moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to approve revised Personnel Policy Section 7.00 Wage and Salary Administration regarding starting salaries as presented and to authorize the county administrator to draft an amendment to include if the portfolio commissioner does not approve of the request, the item must be forwarded to the full commission. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 11. COURT FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION, Chair authorized to sign Mr. Berndt said the Court Facilities Improvement Advisory Committee was formed several years ago to allow counties to submit requests for projects to improve or maintain court facilities. This is the tenth round of applications, and he recommends the county request up to $60,000 for Courtroom 305 renovations to reconstruct the judge, witness and jury area. The grant amount is $45,000 with a county match of $15,000, which Mr. Berndt has available within the Buildings and Grounds budget. MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to authorize the chairman to sign the application for Court Facilities Improvement Grant funds for 2014. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 12. TAX-FORFEITED PROPERTIES, County deeds to Leonard and Hunter Michael Montplaisir, Cass County Auditor, said two properties in the City of Leonard and City of Hunter were not sold at the tax sale last month. The properties were offered to the each city for a $1.00 as allowed by state law, and both cities have agreed to purchase them from the county. Mr. Pawluk said the goal of the county should be to ensure these properties are back on the tax rolls.