2014 Administration Department Annual Report

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V. City Hall 2014 Annual Report · Administration · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 27 HUMAN RESOURCES In early 2012 the administration department was reorganized and the City shifted from in-house to consulting Human Resources. The City of New Brighton’s Assistant to the City Manager was contracted as the Human Resources Advisor approximately four to six hours a week from June 2012 through September 2014. During his City Hall ofﬁ ce hours where he served as a resource for staff, Assistant to the City Manager worked on the following: 1.) The following sections of the Employee Resource Guide were updated in 2014 to ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations concerns and address changes in the operations of the City; · Updated the City Expenditure Section of the Employee Resource Guide-February 2014 · Updated the FMLA Section of the Employee Resource Guide-June 5, 2014 · Updated the Pregnancy and Parenting Leave Section of the Employee Resource Guide-June 5, 2014 · Added the new Safety Leave language to the Employee Resource guide pursuant to the State of Minnesota’s Economic Security Act-June 26, 2014. · Added the new Wage Disclosure Protection Language pursuant to the State of Minnesota’s Women’s Economic Security Act (page 101) in the Compensation section of the Employee Resource Guide and Updated the grievance language pursuant to the Schwanke v. Minnesota Department of Administration (No. A12-2062) Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling in the Grievance Procedure section of the Employee Resource Guide-August 21, 2014. 2.) In 2013, the City of St. Anthony began reviewing, updating, and revising job descriptions for staff members. Forty-one job descriptions were revised. The new job descriptions were implemented by the City in March 2014. The new job descriptions were reviewed and signed by the respective employees and copies were placed in their personnel folders. 3.) Assisted the City Manager and department heads with managing various employee recruitments (Fire Fighter, Public Works Superintendent, and Lead Mechanic) and potential employee interviews in 2014. 4.) Assisted the City with compiling comparative salary, personnel leave, and health insurance beneﬁ t information that was used during union negotiations. UNION NEGOTIATIONS The City of St. Anthony negotiates with three separate collective bargaining units representing Police, Fire and Public Works departments. In 2014, through a series of meetings, the City and unions executed two-year contract with each union.