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I I PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA A Personnel Committee meeting was held on Monday, July 19, 1982 in the conference room of the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW,~ Ramsey, Minnesota. I I I I I Members Present: Councilman Gary Reimann Councilman A1 Sorteberg Also Present: City Administrator Lloyd Schnelle City Assessor Lester Wirz A notice of this meeting was posted at the City Hall and the official newspaper was notified. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss City policy in regards to payment of actual cash for overtime performed by a department head where it was an insurance settlement. Councilman Reimann had stated at the regular City Council meeting of June 22, 1982 that the City's Personnel Committee should review the City's current policy to see if they are satisfied with it in regards to the case of overtime payment of Police Chief Michael Auspos. The meeting commenced at 7:30 a.m. I I I I I Case #1 Overtime Payment of Cash to Ail City Department Heads: The City Administrator pointed out to the Committee that he was not in favor of overtime payment to department heads such as occurred in the case of the insurance settlement in regards to the Police Department. However, the City's personnel policy was not compromised in this case and he stated that he had the City Attorney render a legal opinion on it which all Councilmembers received a copy of at their June 22, 1982 meeting. This collaborated that there was not a compromise of the City's policy. He stated that the City' personnel policy in this case did not directly deal with this type of a situation. Consequently, it was recommended that the City's personnel policy in the ordinance be amended to reflect that under no circumstances would City department heads be remitted for any services performed where insurance claims are involved. The City would grant compensatory time off in lieu of cash payment in such cases. Councilman Reimann stated he felt that Chief Auspos should have consulted with the Council Personnel Committee on this issue prior to performing the work. He stated that he also felt that only compensatory time should have been granted in this case involving the Chief of Police. The City Administrator pointed out that it was never anticipated that the insurance company would pay for the cost, however, in this case the City was obligated to reimburse the Chief for his time or return the money to the insurance company. P~rsonnel Committee July 19, 1982 Page 1 of 2