A. Meets the Thursday following the regular County Board meeting or as designated by committee calendar.
B. Provides general oversight of Administration, Human Resources, Veterans Affairs Commission, and Regional Office of Education.
C. Partners with the Grundy County Administrator, Human Resource Director, VAC, and Regional Office of Education Superintendent to develop and implement a plan of how the administration, human resources and regional office of education departments should be structured and what services should be provided.
D. Department leaders may procure goods and services totaling up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) provided the dollar amount is within the approved departmental budget. Committee approval is required for all purchases between ten thousand one dollars ($10,001.00) and twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). County Board approval is required for expenditures greater than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). The County Administrator, Committee Chair or County Board Chairman may approve urgent safety or critical infrastructure needs.
E. Annual renewal of existing software licenses or software subscriptions shall not require prior committee approval during the terms of the contract.
F. Elected officials and department heads have authority to hire new employees provided the position is in the approved budget and has a job description approved by the Personnel Committee.
G. Partners with broker to develop and implement a robust safety plan for all employees and visitors.
H. Partners with Regional Office of Education to ensure that education requirements are enforced for Grundy County school systems.
I. Reviews monthly report from the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission (GCVAC) and provide feedback to determine how the committee and the GCVAC can partner together to continuously improve the quality of services provided to the Grundy County veterans.
J. Administers Grundy County's responsibility to appropriately provide assistance to indigent military veterans.
K. Authorizes all wage and salary adjustments including probationary, annual or special which are within the appropriate salary line items.
L. Establishes and maintains an organizational chart of all county offices and departments.
M. Ensure that job descriptions of each position are accurate for all personnel employed by the county. The Personnel Committee approves all job descriptions, titles, changes, and deletions.
N. Establishes plan to implement performance based merit increases for all non-bargaining-unit employees.
O. Establishes and implements plan to provide three hundred sixty degree (360°) feedback to each employee on an annual basis.
P. Serves as the principal point of contact between Grundy County employees (singly or collectively) and the Grundy County Board on grievance matters and salary disputes.
Q. Works within the broadest interpretation of personnel management to continuously improve relationships between all county employees, elected officials and the Grundy County Board.
R. Interprets and implements Grundy County personnel policies.
S. Hears and make decisions on grievances brought to it by employees or their representative labor organization.
T. Supervises and review the update, at least every three (3) years, of the Grundy County Personnel Manual, the Department Head Manual, including policies and procedures, and the Safety Handbook.
U. Reviews and approves all requests for the creation of new positions and job reclassifications.
V. Ensures that all employee evaluations are completed on an annual basis.
W. Confers with the Finance Committee to review all tentatively approved labor union contracts and make a joint recommendation on such contracts to the County Board.
X. Reviews, at least annually, all county health, dental, vision and life insurance benefit programs. Establishes premiums, loss ratios and other factors that affect the value and costs of all benefits while keeping the County Board fully informed.
Y. Recommends practical loss control and prevention measures to minimize health insurance costs.
Z. Partners with our broker to understand changes in the insurance market and how those parameters affect the county health insurance.
AA. Ensures that county employees receive adequate information relative to health insurance benefits and the correct method to file claims.
BB. Proposes changes in the health insurance program to the Finance Committee that affect the county from a financial perspective.
CC. Ensures that all facilities have designated emergency procedures in place including, but not limited to, evacuation, severe weather and an active shooter. Each building and area must have designated, trained leaders that will oversee the emergency and ensure that all employees are accounted for.