REGIONAL REFUSE DISPOSAL DISTRICT ONE

Personnel Committee Meeting

Minutes

Monday, March 13, 2017

31 New Hartford Road

Barkhamsted, CT 06063

Call to Order: 7:00 by Committee Chairman Tim Sullivan.

Attendance: William Marchand, Brenda Schaufler, Tim Sullivan and Debbie Angell

Business

Incentive Plan: Much discussion took place regarding the entire Incentive Plan, reviewing payouts since 2003. Debbie was requested to write the proposal, per meeting recommendations, and add this to the Employee Handbook, once approved by the Board.

Incentive Program/ Non-Administrative Staff:

Recommendations:

-Motivator for greater use of the five R’s, thus all non-Administrative yard workers will receive an annual bonus as an incentive

-Must be employed consecutively for a minimum of six months

-Based on individual hours worked in relationship to total hours works by non-Administrative staff, and adhering to RRDD1 standards (individuals may lose part or all of their bonus if they are not utilizing the program properly)

-Raise threshold of LFWTS to $5000 and Tag Sale to $40,000 (no increase in over 10 years however, but bottom line has increased (pay rate / product fees)

Incentive Program / Administrative Staff:

Recommendations:

Reward Administrative Staff for going above and beyond duties to include:

-Incentive Budget vs. Actual

- Overall Fiscal Health of RRDD1

-Recycling vs. Waste ratio (improvement = less spending on waste)

-Maintenance/ Cleanliness of facility, living within DEEP standards

-Preventable Accidents

-Payroll Review (utilizing staff to the best)

-Enhanced education of residents / staff

-Interactions with residents / town leaders / Board

-NO guarantee of an annual award! Must work for it! Based on Fiscal Responsibility

Employee Annual Reviews: Committee has begun the employee review process. Current wage ranges were distributed. (Winsted has a 2% DPW increase while the other two towns are in the wage review process, but most likely to be at 2%, per town leadership.)

Adjournment: 8:00

31 New Hartford Road, Barkhamsted, CT 06063 Phone /Fax (860) 379-1972