Administration and County Services Committee
Jerroll Drenth		Michael Crawford, Chairman	Laura Stanek
April 3, 2008
Minutes
Members Present:	Mike Crawford, Laura Stanek and Jerroll Drenth
Members Absent:	None
Others Present:	Jack White and Pete Garwood
1.       Meeting called to order at 12:30 p.m.
2.       Antrim County Transportation Personnel Issue
Sheridan Rhoades joined the meeting. Mr. Rhoads informed the Committee that he has one driver who quit and another on disability leave.  Additionally, he never filled a position when a driver retired last year.  Mr. Rhoads also indicated he has one part time irregular employee, Terry Martin, who is interested in the position.  He indicated he was very satisfied with the interested employee’s performance.
Motion by Jerroll Drenth, Supported by Laura Stanek, to recommend the Board of Commissioners release the funds and approve the hiring of Terry Martin as a full-time driver at ACT, provided no other employees sign the posting and he passes a background check.  Motion Carried – Unanimous.
Mr. Rhoades indicated he remains in need of one more full time driver and no other part time drivers are interested in the position.
Motion by Laura Stanek, Supported by Jerroll Drenth, to recommend the Board of Commissioners release the funds and approve the hiring process for a full-time driver at ACT.  Motion Carried – Unanimous.
3.       Network Issues
Valerie Craft, Network Engineer and Fred Trimble, Consultant joined the meeting. Ms. Craft proposed switching from Chain of Lakes Internet to Charter Communications. The cost is close to the same, but we should be able to avoid the outages we have experienced especially in the courts, and experience a slightly faster upload speed.
Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Jerroll Drenth, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve entering into a contract with Charter Communications for internet service.  Motion Carried – Unanimous.
Charlie Koop is currently reviewing the draft agreement between the County and Charter Communications.
Ms. Craft and Mr. Trimble updated the Committee on the overall network installation project.
4.       Life Insurance
Mr. Garwood explained that we have received a communication from Michigan Association of Counties (MAC) regarding an opportunity to switch life insurance companies at a discount for a two year period.  No action was taken.
5.       Register of Deeds: Reclassification Requests
Patti Niepoth, Register of Deeds and Bonnie Homan, Chief Deputy joined the meeting. The Committee asked questions of Ms. Niepoth and Ms. Homan regarding the requests.
Ms. Homan informed the Committee why she believes she should be considered for reclassification.
Ms. Niepoth explained the reclassification request for Donna Holt.
Connie Wing, Clerk II joined the meeting and informed the Committee why she believes she should be considered for reclassification.
Ms. Niepoth stated her support for all three reclassifications.  Mr. Crawford asked Ms. Niepoth to put in writing the duties of her employees.  She indicated she would be happy to do so.
6.       Sheriff Department Personnel Issue
Sheriff Terry Johnson joined the meeting and explained that he would like permission to promote Travis Chellis to Sergeant.  Last month Sheriff Johnson had indicated he was going to leave the sergeant position open until January 1, 2009.  Sheriff Johnson was convinced it is better to promote Officer Chellis to the Sergeant position based on the following:  Officer Chellis will no longer be on the roster for promotion as of October, 2008 and he is willing to sign a letter of agreement that he will return to the Deputies/Dispatchers Unit January 1, 2009 if it becomes necessary due to the current undersheriff bridging back to the Command Unit on that date.  Additionally, it was pointed out if we leave that sergeant position open we will lack a supervisor on one of the shifts for a nine month period.
Motion by Jerroll Drenth, supported by Laura Stanek, to recommend the Board of Commissioners restore the funds for the open sergeant position in the Sheriff Department.  Motion Carried - Unanimous
7.       Barnes Park Employees
The Committee read a communication from Eileen Wallick, Park Manager regarding the park employee wages.
Motion by Laura Stanek, supported by Jerroll Drenth, to recommend the Board of Commissioners increase the wages for the Barnes Park employees by 2.6% (same as the Unrepresented Employees).  Motion Carried – Unanimous.
8.       Lake County Resolution
Regarding the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
No action was taken.
9.       Various Matters as Appropriate
The Committee discussed a communication regarding the possibility of a regional 911 dispatch study.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.