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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - March 24, 1997
2:00 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Larry E. Sconyers, Mayor; Beard, Chairman;
Bridges, Vice-Chairman; Powell, member; Jim Wall, Attorney; Randy
Oliver, Administrator; John Etheridge, Human Resources Director;
Max Hicks, Utilities Department Director; Tom Beck, Recreation
Department Director; A. B. McKie, Jr., Comptroller; Lena Bonner,
Clerk of Commission and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of
Commission.
ABSENT: Hon. Henry Brigham, member.
Also Present: Sylvia Cooper of The Augusta Chronicle,
George Eskola of WJBF Television and Rosemary Forrest of The
Metropolitan Spirit.
The Clerk: We have a request for one addendum item to
authorize hiring of new employees at the county pay scale.
II Mr. Powell: I move we approve adding this to the agenda.
.. -Mr. Bridges: Second it.
Motion adopted unanimously.
The Committee first considered upholding the termination of
Keith Wells from the Transit Department and Walter L. Hurley from
the Recreation Department.
.Mr. Oliver: We would suggest that we schedule this before
the full Commission and let all the facts be presented at that
time.
Mr. Powell: I move we receive this as information and pass
it on to the full Commission.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A Claims Runout Administration Agreement between the City of
Augusta and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia, was read.
Mr. Etheridge: Since we placed this on the agenda, Jim has
noticed some language in that agreement that he would like to
remove and place in the TPA agreement so we need to remove this
from the agenda at this time and bring it back later.
Mr. Powell: I so move.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
An Employee Assistance Program Contract at a cost of $1.25
per employee per month (budgeted annual cost $31,500), was read.
Mr. Etheridge: This aids employees and their families with
various types of problems, such as substance abuse, and it is
done on a confidential basis.
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Mr. Powell: I move for approval.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
The Committee next considered authorization of hiring of new
employees at county pay scale, increasing employees with same
jobs to minimum salary per county pay scale and awarding 15%
promotional pay increase to management personnel who have not
received the increase.
Mr. Oliver: Mr. Hicks is requesting to make salaries within
the Utilities Department comparable for similar positions. We
are presently doing a compensation study and we should be careful
in that what we do for one department should be done for all
departments. He has positions where one person from the old City
is doing the same job as a person from the old County but is
receiving $2,000 to $3,000 less in compensation. I can I
appreciate that and if that is a problem, I would suggest that we
administratively have a policy to increase the entry level salary
on old City positions up to 40% and that will make them
concurrent. I would not want to adjust any salaries individually
until we complete our classification/compensation study in a few
months.
Mr. Chairman: I would be opposed to adjusting anything at
this time unless we do it across the board.
After a lengthy discussion, Mr. Oliver: I would suggest
that we go 40% over the old City rate so we could do it across
the board in all departments.
Mr. Bridges: I would move that we allow the Administrator
to hire all new hires in the County at up to 40% above the City
rate.
Mr. Powell: I'll second the motion.
Motion failed with the Chairman voting "No".
ADJOURNMENT:
was adjourned.
There being no further business, the meeting
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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