McLean, Steve
From: Sharon Winkle [swinkle@esls.lib.wi.us]
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Cc: McLean, Steve
Subject: Amendments to Employment Agreement
Winkle_Amendment to
Employment... Hello —
The amendments to the Employment Agreement between the Library Board and
me
that I plan to propose for adoption by the Library Board at its meeting
of
January 26 pursuant to the statements issued by Mayor Juan Perez and me
are
attached. If you have questions or comments prior to the Library Board
meeting of 1/26 please let me know.
Sharon
L. Winkle, Director Mead
Public Library
www.sheboygan.1ib.wi.us
920-459-3400,
ext.3414; 920-459-0204 (FAX)
Common Council, 08:21 AM 1/28/2006, First Amendment to the Employment Agreement of the Lib
To: Common Council
From: Sharon Winkle <swinkle@esls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: First Amendment to the Employment Agreement of the Library Director
Cc: Mayor Perez, Library Board
Bcc: Rick Gustafson, Library Service Managers, Helene Capizzi, Kathy Meyer
Attached: C:\Documents and Settings\winkle\Sharon's DocumentsVJoint Statement_Markevitch
& Winkle Final 1_26_06.doc; C:\Documents and Settings\winkle\Sharon's
Documents\Winkle_Amendment to Employment agreement_ 2nd Draft.DOC;
Hello-Yesterday (Friday) afternoon I learned that several radio personalities on WHBL were actively misinforming the listening public about the nature of the amendments to the Employment Agreement between the Library Board and myself that the Library Board had adopted the previous afternoon (Thursday) at its regular monthly meeting.
Following the adoption of the amendments (as amended during the closed session discussion) the Library Board President read a statement that clearly stated all the substantive amendments were as agreed upon earlier by the Mayor and the Library Director. WHBL as well as the Sheboygan Press were given copies of this statement (attached for your reference) at the Board meeting. I have since faxed a copy to the Plymouth Review.
In the hope that the radio personalities would cease dissemination of the misinformation, I telephoned Jeff McAndrew of WHBL at mid-afternoon Friday. (He had attended the Thursday meeting of the Library Board.) I informed him that the section of the First Amendment in question (Revocation and Reversion) was a part of the settlement the Mayor and I reached with the aid of a volunteer facilitator. These facilitated negotiations took place over portions of several days.
I listened to WHBL to see if the tenor of the personalities' remarks reflected the information I had provided. When it became apparent that it did not, I telephoned the "call in" number at WHBL and asked to speak about the Library Director's contract, identifying myself as Sharon Winkle, the Library Director. My call was put through after the news segment that had just started. I talked with several radio personalities on the air for some time. I believe they understood my main point ~ that the Revocation and Reversion clause was a part of the negotiated settlement — by the close of our on-air conversation.
During that conversation, someone asked why the Mayor and I did not include mention of the revocation concept in the press conference where we announced the settlement. Speaking only for myself, I responded that I was focused on addressing the concerns identified during the facilitated negotiation process -- the concerns expressed by some members of Common Council. These were the length of the employment agreement, the minimum salary, and aspects of severance pay (accrued vacation and sick leave payout) upon separation. It was my impression that all parties to the negotiations were also focused on addressing the substance of the resolution, not the mechanics, e.g. revocation.
The
amendments the Board discussed in the presence of City Attorney Steve McLean in
closed session and adopted along with the
2nd draft of the "First Amendment" to the Employment Agreement in open session were to add the
word "future" to the Revocation and Reversion clause and to add
language from the original Employment Agreement re the term of the agreement that was omitted from the statement of
the term in the drafts of the First Amendment. The Library Board did not add the Revocation and
Reversion clause during its closed session.
As stated above, it was always a part of the negotiated settlement.
I have attached the second draft of the First Amendment that the Library Board adopted (with the amendments discussed in the above paragraph) for your reference. Once the amendments the Board made have been incorporated in the First Amendment second draft, Library Board President Bernard Markevitch and I will sign it as authorized by the Library Board.
FYI: The clauses of the First Amendment were first drafted by the volunteer who facilitated the negotiated settlement. They were revised and put into their final form by my attorney, Bill TeWinkle. The facilitator reviewed the TeWinkle draft. I also understand from City Attorney Steve McLean that he shared the first draft of the First Amendment with the Mayor. The difference between the first draft and the second draft of the First Amendment is that the second draft, at my request, includes a process for incorporating revised Library Director job descriptions in the Employment Agreement, which references the Library Director job description as Exhibit A
If you would like additional information about the First Amendment to the Employment Agreement, please let me know. I hope you will also share this information with Common Council members who do not have e-mail. The Library will, of course mail a copy of this e-mail to them on Monday. But it may be helpful for you to share this information with them if you happen to talk with them about this matter over the weekend.
Sharon Winkle
Sharon L. Winkle, Director
Mead Public Library
71 ON.
www.sheboygan.lib.wi.us
920-459-3400, ext.3414; 920-459-0204 (FAX)
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Sharon Winkle <swinkle@esls.lib.wi.us>