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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10 Executive Minutes 2023 10 17Approved 11/14/2023 Page 1 of 3 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE October 17, 2023 The Executive Committee of the Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting was held in Room 264 of the Administration building and via Zoom. Notice of the meeting was posted in the Grant County Herald Independent, Administration Building, Courthouse, and on the Grant County website. The meeting was called to order by Chair Gary Ranum. Other members present were Carol Beals, Donald Splinter, John Beinborn, Robert Keeney, Roger Guthrie and Steve (Porter) Wagner. A quorum was present. Carrie Eastlick, Joyce Roling, Amanda Degenhardt, Shane Drinkwater, Garry Pluemer, Jody Bartels, Fred Naatz, Nate Dreckman, Travis Klaas, Donna Bohnenkamp, Jon Knautz, Jeff Kindrai, Jessica Munson, Holly Knapp, Erik Heagle, Alesha Erdenberger, Britney Wall, Lori Reid, Sara Hullerman, Tonya White, Aarika Orth, Alex Bahl, Amber McKelvey, Amy Olson, Andrea Noethe, CeCe Fishnick, Dawn Mergen, Grant County Herald Independent, Kim Moore, Kristi Lenz, Megan Kase, and Rick Place were also in attendance. John Beinborn, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to approve the agenda. Motion carried without negative vote. Donald Splinter, seconded by Roger Guthrie, moved to approve the minutes of September 12, 2023. Motion carried without negative vote. Roger Guthrie, seconded by Porter Wagner, moved to approve the October 6, 2023 minutes with stated correction. Motion carried without negative vote. Jay Bennett from Johnson Block, gave the 2022 Audit report. Jay Bennett also reported that the Johnson Block auditing contract with Grant County expires at the end of the 2022 audit and they will not be bidding to renew the contract due to downsizing. Robert Keeney thanked Jay Bennett for his many years of service to Grant County. Robert Keeney, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to start preparing an RFP. Motion carried without negative vote. Robert Keeney presented the results of the Grant County wage schedule market review completed by Carlson Dettmann Consulting. Joyce Roling, Amanda Degenhardt, and Robert Keeney presented a recommendation for adjusting the wage schedules by incorporating the Orchard Manor schedule with the General Schedule and increasing the grades across the board by said defined tiers over a two-year period. John Beinborn, seconded by Carol Beals, moved to go forward with the recommendation. John Beinborn, seconded by Carol Beals, withdrew the motion. Approved 11/14/2023 Page 2 of 3 After taking time to review the recommendation, the Executive Committee will have a special meeting on October 24, at 9:00 a.m. for further discussion and action. Finance Porter Wagner, seconded by John Beinborn, moved to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Motion carried without negative vote. Donald Splinter, seconded by John Beinborn, moved to accept the Revenue and Expense Report. Motion carried without negative vote. Donald Splinter, seconded by Porter Wagner, moved to accept the Finance Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Information Technology Network review a. IT migrated Unified Dodgeville to a new VPN system. By doing this Unified can now cancel an IntraLata link that was being used to interconnect Lancaster and Dodgeville. This will be a significate cost savings to Unified Services b. UCS Dodgeville is now using Fortigate firewall. This now standardizes all of the firewalls being used by the county Information Technology department. County Systems a. The IT team is working on deploying a large number of laptops for Unified Services. b. The IT team is working on converting all of the County’s PC to Hybrid-joined. The mode allows for county devices to interact with Azure and Tyler Munis. c. IT is working with maintenance on 2 projects i. Door controls for Orchard Manor and CSB ii. HVAC standardization for Orchard Manor, Court House and Administration Building. d. IT has been working with Tyler Munis and the HR on i. Tyler Munis preparations for Go Live ii. Go Live iii. End user support iv. MFA for Employee portal. e. IT completed the install of county VoIP phones on Columbus Day (October 9th). The install went very well with no outstanding issues. Public Safety Communications System/ Grant County Fiber optic loop a. IT is waiting for parts that were required by RACOM before the router installs could happen. b. The county is currently working with the village of Potosi to determine design specifications for a Wi-Fi system located by the brewery. John Beinborn, seconded by Porter Wagner, moved to approve the IT Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote. Approved 11/14/2023 Page 3 of 3 Employee Relations Staffing Update: Joyce Roling reported that starting this month, the staffing totals will include Unified Community Services and full time elected officials. Current staffing numbers as of October 12, 2023, are as follows: Full time Benefit 319 Regular Part time Benefit 31 Part time 72 Limited term and seasonal 76 TOTAL 498 Donald Splinter, seconded by Robert Keeney, moved to approve the Orchard Manor request starting October 22, 2023, to pay critical pay of $2/hour in addition to regular pay to each nursing staff including CNA’s working floor hour hours through December 31, 2023. Motion carried without negative vote. John Beinborn, seconded by Porter Wagner, moved to accept the Human Resources Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote Porter Wagner, seconded by John Beinborn, moved to send the consideration of creating a County Administrator to the Administrative Committee upon consultation with Corporation Counsel. Motion carried without negative vote. John Beinborn, seconded by Porter Wagner, moved to adjourn to 9:00 a.m. on October 24, 2023. Motion carried without negative vote.