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Comm. Minutes--O~;bober' 3; i9;39 357 REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF ¢OHHISSIONERS OCTOBER 3, 1989 1. MEETING TO ORDER Chairman Don Eckert called the meeting to o~*der with ail members present as follows: Oscar SondFa/I, Alon Wie'land, Don Eckert, Sharon "Pepper" Toussaint, and Gene Shannon. 2. MINUTES APPROVED NOTION, passed Mr. Sondrall moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded to approve the minutes of the last regu]ar meeting of September 19 and the special meetings of September 25 and 28, 1989. Motion carried. 3. POLICY ON COMPENSATORY TIME, Sheriff and Social Services Personnel Assistarlb SaRdra Brumfield was absent from ti:e las~ r-egular meeting but provided copies of a proposed policy on {.:oiflpelisat¢'~ry ~i~e and overtime simiiar to 'the policy in effect 'in Cour~ty Socia'l Services. Scott Kildahl, ActiI19 Director of Social Ser'v]ces, said the preliminary assessment on the Wage and hour audit by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Divisi6n shows that $50,300 'is owed in back pay to Social Services employees. He has negotiated some of the items and is continuing the negotiatior~s. The Social Set'vices Department is now in compliance according to Mr. Kildahl, and non- exempt employees do not work without prior' approval of their supervisor. Mr. Shannon said the Social Services Board should have no'~.ified bhe County Commission of the amount of' back pay. owed to employees so it could be included in the 1990 budget. The Comrnlss~on Secl-etar'y Joyce Schepp was asked to attend the September 25 Social Set-vices Board meeting since Commissioners Toussaint and Sondr:~l I, So~..:~al Set-vice Board members, could not attend because the County Cor~';mission was budgeting at the time. It was from the Commission Secre. taFy's notes that the Commission decided it was necessary bo add a f~gur'e to the budget before finalizing it that week. Mr. Ki ldahl s'~.:~ted [.l'~a'~ 'lC was a matter of timing that they did not bring tt to Ehe CommisslOl~ and an oversight, which he apologized for. Mr. Wieland asked if there is a time frame when this n~Ol'~ey wi I/ be paid, and Mr. Ki ldah t stated bhat he had '1.:.o gu~r-.'_~'~'t:~e 'in 't:.he concluding interview that the department would be in compliance, but no deadline was given when payment has 'bo be rnac~e. Concerning compensation for employees carrying pagers, Hr. K~ Idahi has been assoc i ated wit. h severa I or'gan ~ zab'lons where on-ca Ii employees are paid a flat rate or granted compensatory time. Mr. Shannon stated that there are a number of' emp Ioyees in this organization carrying pagers for which compensatory time is not allowed. He said the exempt employees were '~ell-def]nrz. d, arid [.he Commission is trying to uniformly apply County policies. Mr. K:i Idahl said he will honor the decision that the Commisoion m~kes.