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Home My WebLink AboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 12/18/2003•• MINUTES OF THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY LABOR/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Otter Tail County Courthouse Commissioners' Room Government Services Center Thursday, December 18, 2003 1 :00 p.m. Call to Order Jodi Wentland called the Labor/Management Committee meeting to order at 1 :14 p.m. Attendance: Tonya Anderson, Brian Armstrong, Rick Denzel, John Dinsmore, David Hauser, Karan Johnson, Larry Krohn, Barbara Molter, Heather Severson, James Stewart, Tina Tungseth, Jodi Wentland, and Sharon Wicklund. Excused Absence: Carol Brause, Doug Cannell, Mark Englund, Sue Ewy, Chuck Grotte, Cheryl Kottom, Dennis Mosher, Sydney Nelson, Kirsten Olson, and Stacy Paulseth. Unexcused Absence: Dwight Serven, Tim Brand, Don Larson, Wayne Roisum, Wayne Stein, and Jourdan Sullivan. A quorum was not reached so an informational sharing meeting was held. It was stated that the group needs to have a quorum to make consensuses, • Review of Agenda Committee members reviewed as presented the agenda of December 18, 2003. Discussion Items A. Review of Updated Bylaws • Group reviewed the updated bylaws. The proposed change to the bylaws is to change Article IV- Committee Meetings with the verbage from -meetings will be held every month; to -meetings will be held every other month, unless co-chairs feel a monthly meeting is necessary. • Discussed changing Article I-Representatives from 28 members (14 management, 14 labor) to a total of 14 members (7 management, 7 labor). • When the Labor/Management Committee was formed, the bargaining unions decided to have-two members from each union represented on the committee. • We could revise the representation to one person per bargaining unit and reduce the non-union members to equal numbers. • Possibility of changing the bylaws regarding the need for a quorum for decisions/consensuses. The idea behind having a quorum is that you want more people to participate. Discussed the option of just removing the quorum requirement. Most often the quorum requirement is50% of the group. • Reviewed the possibility of having alternate Labor/Management Committee members for those who would be unavailable for a committee meeting. Would an alternate have enough knowledge to be able to make consensuses? Non-committee members have been present at meetings in the past, when making presentations to the group. B. Review Worksite LMC Topic Discussions/Outcomes • Briefly reviewed the Worksite Labor/Management Committee Topic Discussions/Outcomeshandout. •-Miscellaneous Discussed the training session held in November: • Training had a very good turnout of LMC members. • The number of LMC members is one of the larger groups if not the largest group. Labor/Management Committee Minutes December 18, 2003 • The large number of committee member could be one reason the LMC is struggling. • It was reported that organizational labor/management committees don't work as well as tD departmental labor/management committees. • Group discus-.;ion on the Six-Step Problem Solving Model replacing the Interest-Based Problem Solving Model. . What can the Labor/Management Committee do that the unioncan't? There are all kinds of issues that are not bargaining issues. A few examples are te,lecommuting, solicitations, and selling of merchandise. Public Health and Human Services Labor/Management Updates The Human Services Labor/Management Committee has been working on: • Discussed replacing the Interest-Based Problem Solving Model with the Six-Step Problem Solving Model. . • Committee has been revisiting various priorities. • Discussed hiring process, workload concerns, office space, and client issues. • LMC is in anticipation of the County Board making final decision about Human Services going through some reorganization. Next Meeting • Bylaws, Article I-Revisit the option of changing the total members from 28 to 14 members (downsizing committee). • Bylaws, Article IV-Review modifications of LMC meeting schedule. • Bylaws, Article V-Discuss the removal of Quorum/Attendance from the bylaws. • Revisit the LMC items from our training session. Adjournment At 2:07 p.m., Jodi Wentland declared the meeting of the Otter Tail County Labor/Management Committee adjourned until 1 :00 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2004 to be held in the Governmen! Services BuildirQ in the Commissioners' Room. ,; Attachment 0 • • • OTTER TAIL COUNTY LABOR/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP DISTRIBUTION LIST Mail E E M E E E E E E E E E E E E M E 1/0 1/0 E E E E E E E E E E M/FAX M/FAX M M L-Labor M-Manaaement L M L M L M M M L M M M L L M L L M M L M L L M L M L M L Name Tonva Anderson Brian Armstrona Dwiaht Berven Tim Brand Carol Brause Doua Cannell Rick Denzel John Dinsmore Mark Enalund Sue Ewv Charles Grotte David Hauser Karan Johnson Chervl Kellom Larrv Krohn Don Larson Barbara Molter Dennis Mosher Svd Nelson Kirsten Olson Stacv Paulseth Wavne Roisum Heather Severson Wavne Stein James Stewart Jourdan Sullivan Tina Tunaseth Jodi Wentland Sharon Wicklund Lori Morrell Joanne Derby Merle King James Moore Department Court Services -NYM GIS Hiahwav MIS Human Services Buildina Maintenance Solid Waste/Recvclina Human Services Sheriff Public Health Hiahwav Attornev Human Services Human Services Countv Coordinator Hiahwav Assessor Countv Commissioner Countv Commissioner MIS Sheriff Land & Resource Public Health Auditor Sheriff Veterans Service Sheriff Human Services Hinhwav (Ex Officio Members) Bureau of Mediation Teamsters 320 T earn sters 320 AFSCME Phone 385-3831 739-7162 342-2324 998-8121 998-8162 998-8053 736-4400 998-8172 998-8534 739-2606 998-8475 998-8406 998-8252 998-8247 998-8068 589-8167 998-8013 998-8060 589-8167 998-8122 998-8528 998-8100 739-2528 998-8041 998-8615 998-8609 998-8556 998-8211 998-8482 LABOR/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE/SIGN IN CHECK SHEET MEETING DATE: December 18, 2003 • Tonya Anderson Brian Armstrong Dwight Serven Tim Brand carol Brause Doug Cannell Rick Denzel John Dinsmqre Mark Englund .Ewy Chuck Grotte David Hauser Karan Johnson Cheryl Kottom Larry Krohn • ~ ~~ 1'-- U,tie:icuse~ U n eK.cuSe.d Excused ~~ -~ . -;A~--- £··_,,, j4)yocy:y]A-::>---= £xcw:e.c:O Excused / ' L ,/ _,I ·JJ) Joanne Derby Merle King Lori Morrell James Moore ((\.--1--- Don Larson Uhe..~ ~ a.1.L d (IY7!{/_HM-, arbara Molter Dennis Mosher txCu.se& Sydney Nelson Sx cl.)$gc0 Kirsten Olson Excused Stacy Paulseth c'..2".'.Ll.-l:) ~d -..(:; l l i Kt{ r'\ J;y S/Gu l Wayne Roisum ,rl?~ Heather Severson Wayne stein James Stewart Jourdan Sullivan llnacukf& -I , tu,_ 1w. c,a ~ Tina Tungseth Jodi Wentland <Jedi ului{a~ Sharon Wicklund b0