Administration & Personnel Committee

Committee Duties

The duties of the Administration and Personnel Committee are as follows:

• Oversee all employees and volunteers in any matter concerning labor contracts, salaries, benefits, compliance with affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, workman's compensation or other employment-related programs.
• Recommend approval of all application forms, hiring guidelines, job descriptions, employee training programs, employee guidelines and handbooks, disciplinary procedures and discharge and termination procedures.
• Oversee all personnel matters.
• Consider and make recommendations to the common council the reassignment of duties of any office which is eliminated, recreation of any office previously eliminated, or the elimination of any office which may be eliminated under state law and the method by which city officers, other than the mayor, the alder persons, the police chief and the fire chief, should be selected.
• Act as review board for any employee grievances.
• Review all personnel actions of department heads
• Work with the City Attorney in developing personnel rules and regulations pertaining to benefit plans, sick leave, vacations, health insurance and similar matters.
• Determine all controversies and disputes in such matters existing between the City and its employees, officers and officials subject to review by the Committee and the approval of the Council
• Recommend the purchase or lease of real property, personal property or air space for public use or the sale of city property to the Council

This Committee meets as needed. Members serve 1 year appointments.