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~/ Elk River -= Municipal Utilities , 13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 Phone: 763.441.2020 Elk River, MN 55330-0430 Fax: 763.441.8099 September 3, 2009 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission John Dietz Jerry Gumphrey Daryl Thompson From: Troy Adams Subject: Review and Consider Revisions to the ERMU Employee Handbook At the July 14`h commission meeting, staff was directed to have Mark Mathison from Gray Plant Mooty review the ERMU Employee Handbook in its entirety while incorporating in the newly revised policies. These newly revised policies include the recently updated On-Call Policy and Education Assistance Policy. Also to be included are the nine policies the Commission directed staff to write in 2008. These nine policies were reviewed and revised by Mr. Mathison and then approved by the Commission in February 2009. These policies are: 1. Business Conduct 2. Ethics, Gifts and Conflicts of Interest 3. Dismissal or Lay Off 4. Use and Disposal of Utility Property 5. Inventory 6. Job Posting 7. Performance Reviews 8. Time Reporting Policy 9. Office Equipment, Email and Internet Use Although these policies could stand alone, it makes good sense to integrate these into the Employee Handbook. The exception to that would be the policy on Inventory and the policy on Use and Disposal of Utility Property. These two should remain separate of the handbook because they are more procedural policies than personnel policies. After multiple discussions with staff, Mr. Mathison has finished reviewing the handbook and has drafted a revised handbook. Enclosed for Commission review are the following: 1. Nine Commission ordered policy additions approved February 2009 2. Current Employee Handbook 3. Summary of proposed changes from Mr. Mathison 4. Redline of changes from Mr. Mathison 5. Proposed revision of Employee Handbook from Mr. Mathison