Personnel Committee Meeting – April 7, 2026
Personnel Committee Meeting – April 7, 2026
Note: The agenda and minutes indicate a meeting date of April 6, 2026; however, the summary follows the provided instruction to use April 7, 2026.
The Personnel Committee of the City of Manitowoc met on April 7, 2026 (per instruction) at 5:30 PM in the 1st Floor Conference Room-West at City Hall and via Zoom. The meeting was called to order with four members present (Sitkiewitz, Norell, Beeman, Cummings) and one absent (Dunbar). The committee approved a consent agenda, discussed multiple personnel actions, and convened in closed session to discuss a grievance. All votes were unanimous (4-0).
Consent Calendar
- Approved the March 2, 2026 Personnel Committee minutes (Item 26-0261).
- Received reports on legal fees billed through March 2026 (26-0262), health plan (26-0263), HR office initiatives April 2026 (26-0264), and City Attorney's office initiatives April 2026 (26-0265).
Discussion Items
Police Administrative Office Supervisor (26-0269)
The committee approved the job description, pricing, and authorization to fill the position, pending council approval. No discussion.
Department of Public Works Reorganization (26-0270)
Human Resources Director Jessie Lillibridge presented the job descriptions and pricing for the DPI reorg. She noted the reorganization would result in overall savings of approximately $50,000 returned to the general fund. The committee approved the job descriptions, pricing, and authorization to fill positions at the discretion of the mayor and department head. The department head for Public Works does not require council approval under current ordinance, but a charter ordinance revision is anticipated.
Parks & Recreation Department (26-0271)
Approved job descriptions, pricing, and fill authorization. Separate action required for the Director of Parks & Recreation position due to a nepotism policy issue (related individual candidate).
Tourism Department (26-0136)
Approved job descriptions, pricing, and fill authorization. These changes result from moving special events from Tourism to Parks & Recreation.
Compensation Plan Pay Grade Revisions (26-0272)
Approved revisions to place the new/revised positions into the city's compensation structure, as recommended by Carlson Dutton, and to eliminate replaced positions.
Seasonal Hiring Pay Rates 2026 (26-0268)
Approved updated pay rates, including new youth apprentice positions.
Unpaid Intern – City Attorney's Office (26-0267)
City Attorney Eric Nycz introduced a UW Madison student seeking an unpaid internship (approximately 20 hours/week). Alderman Bry submitted a letter of support. The committee approved and referred to council.
Quarterly PTO Awards Q1 2026 (26-0266)
HR Director Lillibridge reported that two departments issued one-time PTO awards under a new December 2025 policy. The committee accepted and placed the report on file.
Resolution to Hire Seasonal Employees Related to Officials (26-0273)
Lillibridge explained that the candidates are children of firefighters or supervisors in the fire service. The committee approved the request for resolution (needed per ordinance) and referred to council. The vote was a roll call; all four members voted aye.
Transit Teamsters Local 662 – Request to Arbitrate Grievance (26-0275)
The committee moved into closed session at 5:45 PM under Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(c) to discuss employment data. Reconvened at 5:58 PM and took no action on the grievance.
Key Outcomes
- All discussion items were approved unanimously (4-0) except the closed session item which had no action.
- Several actions require council approval: Police supervisor fill, DPW/Parks/Tourism/Hiring positions, intern, seasonal-related hires resolution.
- Closed session held; no action taken.
Meeting Transcript
Where are you gonna sit? I was gonna sit on Ann. Okay. It's recording Debbie. So I just got the final pieces. I'm gonna point the back. And they ask four nights. No, they got a new link. Do you want to go? So it's one of the classes. So brand new screen. Thank you. Well, they probably submitted it. Now that you used that emailing to them. Yeah. And then you verify something. All right. It is 5.30. Yeah. Just 530. I will call the personnel meeting to order. Um first up is roll call. Uh player committees present with the exception of Alder Dunbar. I've not heard from here. So I assume people show up here shortly. Um public comment. Anybody from the public that wishes to address the personnel maybe this evening. Second call for public comment, third and final call for public comment. A and then zoom. All right. And we'll move close public comment and we'll move on to our consent agenda. Is there any item that anyone wants to have discussion consent? I'll make a motion to approve the consent. Motion to approve and a second. There's no discussion. All in favor? Aye and opposed. Okay. Um we are not going to go in closed session at this time for any of the um job descriptions. Um there's really no need to. So have Jesse give an update on these, and then we can take some actions. Thank you. So attached to the agenda, I have a lot of information. There's some memos and job descriptions. Starting with the police department job, this is the office supervisor. This is the only one at the police department that needed pricing and needed a job description revision actually creation for this one. Um so what I'm asking on this one is for approval for the job description that's attached and the pricing for this position, and then also authorization to fill this position once it's approved by the council in April. And any questions on that one? I'm happy to answer everyone. Okay.
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