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I I I I I i I I ! I I I I I I I I I I ~oeogei~G D~a Entry Clerk to Police Technician and Department Secretary to Records Manager. ~~~~..~..~ Motion carri&t. Voting Yes: Cou--fih'~nm membzr~immerman and Hardin. Voting No: None.'.~ Case #2: Education Policy/Tuition Reimbursement City Adminis~ator Schroeder stated that City Council adopted an Education Policy on May 14, 1991. Tl~e policy says if someone wants to go back and get a Masters Degree or Bachelors of ~cience in a related field, if it is pre-approved by the Council, that person will be reimbursed~for the cost of tuition and materials (if certain criteria are met). He stated the policy soundsigood but it doesn't happen that way because when looking for budget cuts, this is the first thing to go. He inquired if Council is in agreement with this policy and if they would like to see it funded. He inquired if Council would like to re-configure or amend the pol!cy in any way. Councilmembe. r Hardin stated that an education policy is needed; however, it probably does need to be amended. He stated he sees it as a three-tier policy. Tier 1 would be seminars and updates. 'Il'his area needs to be addressed. Tier 2 would be regular college courses that deal with. wor' -related~.. duties. The Committee should look to what extent they would like the C~ty to p~nc~pate. Tier 3 would be related to job duties and to what extent the reimbursement should be. Councilmemb~r Zimmerman stated that the money should be left in the education fund. He added that cer~ainiy the police department and the fire department need to haVe the basic training and th.b updates. Councilmem~er Hardin stated that the reimbursement could be made contingent upon annual revie~ by the Budget Committee. He stated he would like to see the City have something available but with parameters, such as job related, and the employee would have to have been l:{ere at least a year, etc. He inquired what happens to the money left over in the education f~und. Finance Officer Hart stated that it gets put into the general fund. Councilmem~er Zimmerman reiterated that the money should be left in a fund for education. Mr. Schroederlagreed that there should be an education fund. Police Chief A~uspos suggested having the funding based on "after the fact". You cannot make someon~ stay employed by the City but you could base it on services. For example, after 12 month~, you could reimburse them so much per month. Mr. Schroederisuggested that if the employee is taking a class in 1995, they could make it a budget request/Ifor 1995, so long as the class was Council approved in the first place. Councilmemb~r Hardin suggested reworking the policy, soliciting information from other departments, at~d bringing something specific back to the Personnel Committee. Personnel Committee/November 7, 1994 Page 3 of 4