The Personnel Committee of the Acadia Parish Police Jury met in public session at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, 2001, in the Courthouse Building, Police Jury Meeting Room, Crowley.
It was motioned and duly seconded that all action items contained in this report were taken, reviewed and discussed by the Personnel Committee and are to be presented as agenda items. Motion carried.
Discussion and/or action items to be considered are as follows:
Personnel Committee
CECELIA BROUSSARD
CATHERINE LACOMBE
ABSENT: JOHN BEARD
Mr. Joe Landry, Safety Specialist with Management Services, Inc., advised of the importance of implementing a drug and alcohol policy. According to Mr. Landry, a policy would maintain a safe, productive and an efficient work place and would require testing prior to employment. He said it should include random, just-cause and post-accident screening and provide for prohibitions against the sale, purchase, solicitation, possession or transfer of illegal drugs or controlled substances at any Police Jury work site.
The Committee agreed to implement a drug policy to prevent abuses in the work place.
There were concerns regarding language which provided for termination of employment and employee rights. The Committee recommended adoption of the proposed drug and alcohol policy subject to review by Legal Counsel. The Committee further recommended additional discussion at the next regular meeting.
The Committee discussed the position of Building Maintenance Assistant for the Courthouse. Mr. Nelson Sonnier requested that the Committee consider hiring full time a Building Maintenance Assistant who could substitute in his absence. He indicated that the current employees were not interested in the position.
The Committee reviewed the job description for Custodian and suggested that Mr. Sonnier review the illustrated examples of work and compare that to the ability of the existing employees to perform those tasks and report back to the Committee at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. John Quebodeaux, who accepted the responsibility of monitoring the Animal Control Program for six months, presented a preliminary progress report. He listed the following objectives: organization, training, policy implementation, daily activities, interpretation of job description, interpretation of Ordinance, Ordinance enforcement and purchasing procedures.
Mr. Quebodeaux advised of the counseling sessions that were held with the Animal Control Officer to address job description, duty hours, overtime, purchase procedures, complaint procedures and animal dispositions among other subjects. He pointed out that progress was being made.
The Animal Control Officer was advised to log mileage and daily activities and report on a weekly basis to evaluate the weeks activities.
No recommendations were made at this time.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, THE PRESIDENT ADJOURNED THE MEETING UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMITTEE MEETING.
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