June 2, 2022 at 10:00 AM - Executive Committee Meeting

Rationale:  Attached is Water Stratiegies May 27, 2022, report.

Rationale:  Attached find absence requests from Director Kavan for March and April. In March he was hauling corn and in April he was planting.

Rationale:  Staff will be working on an official policy to be presented to the Executive Committee.  

Here are a few comments from Jovan - 
The establishment of high level considerations that could be looked at with respect to whether an absence is excused vs unexcused.  Example would be excused absences are things that either are emergency (ex health) or immovable (ex work, family function like a wedding/funeral, etc) vs unexcused absences which are more discretionary in their nature (ex person chose not to attend for convenience).
 

Rationale:  Attached is a UBT Company Credit Card Resolution that needs to be updated to add Jill Breunig along with the Manager and General Manager.  This will allow them to a) establish credit lines, b) access information on the Company's credit card, c) request user credit card limit increases or decreases, d) request an overall credit limit increase or decrease for the Company, e) instruct UBT to issue or close credit cards , f) add or remove employees or ageof the the company to this resolution, g) add or remove employees of the Compay as EXBusiness uses, h) initiate a dispute, and i) instruct UBT ot close the Company credit card relatonship.

Rationale:  We are all painfully aware of the current inflation and continued rising cost of living.  This is the time of year we generally approve our staff pay increases so I would like some discussion on how to attack the issue this year.

Social Security instituted a 5.9% increase for 2022 and the current inflation rate is 8.3% for the 12 months ending April 2022.

I continue to believe a flat percentage rate increase across all salary ranges is not the most equitable and feasible way to deal with cost of living.  My plan this year, as in past years, will be to continue to break any increase into the same dollar amount for all staff, regardless of salary.

My recommendation to the board would be an 8% Cost of Living Adjustment, which would be broken down as follows:
-Approx. median salary of $ 50,000 x 8% = $4,000 per employee ($88,000 total)
*Please keep in mind, this increase is just to keep our employee's takehome pay similar to that of last year.

In addition to the 8% Cost of Living, I would also recommend up to $28,000 for "merrit" salary increases, district wide.  This would provide up to a maximum of $1,250 per employee for salary raises based on individual annual evaluations.

We all understand how difficult these past months have been on cost of goods and it appears there is no end in sight in the near future.  Addressing these issues will go a long way with staff morale and showing appreciation in all they do for Lower Platte North.

Comparing to other districts:
Lower Platte South - 4% Cost of living with a $30,000 merrit
Pappio - In Januarty approved 1.9% cost of living and approves 5-6% performance-based salary increases  this time of year





 

Rationale:  Sharon Kremlacek is going on her 7th year working at the Wanahoo entrance.  She continues to do an amazing job and is a great face for our district as park-goers enter Wanahoo.  Recently Sharon was approached by NG&P management at Two Rivers asking her to come work for them at a higher rate of pay...Game and Parks have had a very difficult time hiring and keeping good staff and this is apparent by their attempt to hire our staff away.
Sharon currently receives $13.00/hr for her time Wanahoo and she says she absolutely loves working for us, it is simply an economic decision.  After a very productive meeting with her, she would be very comfortable staying with us with a slight increase in pay.
The additional cost to Wanahoo expenses for a $1.00 per hour pay increase would be approximately $550 for the 2022 recreation season.
 

Rationale:  Plans are to schedule a Personnel Sub-Committee meeting for the week of June 13th.  The current sub-committee consists of:
Matt, Joe, Dave S.,Frank, Bob H and Gene

Gene will need to be replaced, of course and it is up to Frank to decide who to replace him with.  I am asking for discussion and action to re-appoint the above mentioned board members and a replacement for Gene or another combination of board members to make up the Personnel Sub-committee.

Chair Pollard appointed Bill Saeger to the Personnel Sub-Committee.
 

Rationale:  Attached find a letter of resignation from Luz Schafersman effective August 19, 2022. The Personnel Sub-Committee will set up a timeline for hiring a replacement. 

Rationale:  Duke Dokulil has informed the District that he is no longer able to work full time at the District. Heimann and Gottschalk will be discussing potential options with Duke.  

Rationale:  Grant will be available to update the Executive Committee on the April Financial Statements. 

Rationale:  We have received notice from Dodge County about a tax roll correction Oldcastle Central #5443 & 5444 (2020 & 2021 Tax Years).  The total amount of $1,033.63 will be withheld from our next disbursement. (See Attachment)