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Comm. Minutes--Hay 2, 1989 241 REGULAR HEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COHHISSIONERS MAY 2, 1989 1. MEETING TO ORDER Chairman Don Eckert called the meeting to order with all members present as follows: Oscar Sondrall, Alon Wieland, Don Eckert, Sharon "Pepper" Toussaint, and Gene Shannon. 2. HINUTES APPROVED HOTION, passed Mr. Shannon moved and Hr. Sondra11 seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as written. Hotion carried. 3. COMMISSIONERS, Invite Dept, Heads to lunch HOTION, passed Hrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Shannon seconded that the Cass County Board of Commissioners invite all County department heads to lunch on Hay 16th, which is the regular Commission meeting date, at 12:00 Noon at a place to be determined. Hotion carried. 4. PERSONNEL POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, RecommendatioR~ County Judge Frank Racek, Chairman of the twelve member Personnel Policy Review Committee, appeared before the Board to explain the recommendations of the committee. He stated that the various issues addressed by three subcommittees, which he appointed from the group of twelve, included salaries and wage program, fringe benefits, and personnel policies. The final recommendations are contained in a written report which the Commissioners received. Judge Racek stated that many of the recommendations contained in the report were also the recommendations made in the'"Cass County Report" in Hay, 1985. The final recommended salary and grade system would allow the county to bring all employees up to the going market rate for their respective jobs based on local private and public sector survey information at a cost considerably less than half of that proposed in Bob Black's final report. In reviewing the work of Mr. Black, the Salary and Pay Grade subcommittee made the basic assumption that his pay grading system was accurate. Mr. Wieland questioned whether Social Services employees should be included because he felt the County and the State of North Dakota need to make a determination on whether they are to be considered County employees or State employees. Judge Racek stated that the committee did not feel they could separate out one of the largest departments in the Courthouse. Judge Racek stated that the salary study excluded part-time people because they are not graded, it excludes the County Commissioners, the County Judges, and five people from Extension Service. Mr. Wieland hoped the Commission would consider removing department heads from the study before adopting the report, and address the situation with Social Services employees before including them in the adoption of this report.