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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-11-2000 Meeting I ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ROOM - September 11,2000 2:00 P. M. PRESENT: Hons. Bob Young, Mayor; H. Brigham, Chairman; KuhIke, Co- Chairman; Beard and Cheek, members; Jim Wall, Attorney; Walter Hornsby, Deputy Administrator; Danny Craig, District Attorney; Lon Morrey, Comptroller; Teresa Smith, Public Works Director; Robby Burns and Moses McCauley, Human Resources Dept.; Michael Greene, Asst. Director ofP.W. - Operations Division; Brenda Byrd-Pelaez, EEO Officer; Robert Leverett, Warden, RCCI; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission. Also Present: George Eskola ofWJBF Television, Stacey Eidson of The Metropolitan Spirit, Heidi Coryell of The Augusta Chronicle and Hons. Bridges, Colclough, Shepard, J. Brigham, Williams and Mays, Commissioners. The Clerk: We have a request to add one item to the agenda. Mr. Beard: I'm not in favor of adding anything. The Committee first discussed the matter of county paid investigators versus state paid investigators in the District Attorney's Office. I Mr. Craig stated that he had some investigators in his office whose salaries would soon reach the maximum in their ranges and would therefore receive no further merit increases. He also stated that the investigator in his office who is paid with slate funds would soon surpass his chief investigator in salary and asked that the Committee consider some form of compensation for the county-paid investigators who have more service time than the state-paid investigator. Mr. Wall suggested that Mr. Craig work with the Human Resources Department to reclassifY the salary range of the position of the chief investigator in order for him to receive additional compensation. Mr. Beard: I move that we ask the Administrator and Human Resources to work with Mr. Craig to resolve the situation. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. A request to approve recommended policy related to 1998 Retirees. I Mr. Wall: When the 1998 pension plan was into place, there was no action taken at that time insofar as dealing with the issue of health insurance benefIts and how those would be paid following retirement. It is the recommendation that there be a progressive scale for cost sharing whereby an employee retiring with fIve years of service would pay 100% of the employee's portion of the health coverage. With ten years of service that would drop to 85%, fifteen years, 70%, and twenty years, 55% of the cost. We recommend that process. There is a separate issue dealing with how the premiums would be collected, and as the agenda item is written, it is recommended that there be a third party administrator to actually do the collection of the premiums. I don't have any costs on that, and I'd recommend that we bring back a third party agreement that would set forth what the cost would be if you approve the policy today. I After a short discussion, Mr. Kuhlke: I make a motion that we go ahead and approve the percentages and we take no action on the third party provider. Mr. Chairman: I second. Motion fails with Mr. Cheek and Mr. Beard voting "No". ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Commission NWM I I: - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGENDA COMMITTEE ROOM - September 11,2000 2:00 P. M. I. Discuss matter of county paid investigators versus state paid investigators in the District Attorney's Office. 2. Approve recommended policy related to 1998 Retirees.