MINUTES OF THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
January 17, 2008
Charleston, West
 Virginia
 
 
            The State Personnel Board
 met on January 17, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. to conduct business and to consider
 other administrative matters. Present at the meeting were William B. Hicks,
 Assistant General Counsel for the Department of Administration and Chair
Designee, per Robert W. Ferguson, Jr., Chairman, and members, Eugene Stump,
Sharon Lynch (via telephone), and Mark Carbone.  Member Jack Canfield was
not in attendance.  Others in attendance included: Tari McClintock Crouse,
Acting Director of the Division of Personnel and Assistant Director of Employee
Communications and Information; Jim Wells, Assistant Director of the Employee
 Relations Section; Evelyn Davis, Assistant Director of the Organization
and Human Resources Development Section; Debbie Anderson and Barbara Jarrell,
Senior Personnel Specialists of the Classification and Compensation Section;
Lynn Schillings, Senior Personnel Specialist of the Internal Employee Placement
Unit of Staffing Services; and, Elizabeth Williams, Interim Secretary to
the Board.
 
 
 
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 
 
            The members of the Board
 received the minutes from the December 20, 2007 meeting prior to this meeting.
 Mr. Hicks asked for any additions or corrections.  There being none, Mr. 
Stump moved to accept the minutes.  Mr. Carbone seconded the motion.  The 
Board approved the December 20, 2007 minutes by unanimous consent.
 
 
 
CONSIDERATION
OF PROPOSALS
 
 
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
West Virginia
Veterans Nursing Facility
 
 
            Upon motion of Mr. Carbone,
 seconded by Mr. Stump, the State Personnel Board approved proposal #2440
to establish a shift differential pay program and a holiday pay program for
employees at the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility.  Barbara Jarrell, Senior Personnel Specialist, of
 the Classification and Compensation Section of the Division of Personnel
presented the proposal.
 
 
OTHER BUSINESS
 
 
Supervisor/Manager
 Training Program Policy (DOP-P18) Revision
 
 
            Upon motion of Mr. Stump,
 seconded by Ms. Lynch, the State Personnel Board approved recommended revisions
 to the Division of Personnel's Supervisor/Manager Training Program Policy
 (DOP-P18) and the associated policy Summary to remove the requirement
 for supervisors and managers to complete a three (3) hour class titled,
"Understanding  the Grievance Procedure." The revisions are a result
of statutory changes  to the grievance procedure.
 
 
Department of
Environmental Protection – Rogers Secondary Employment
 
 
            Upon motion of Mr. Stump,
 seconded by Mr. Carbone, the State Personnel Board determined that Ms. Patty
 Rodgers request for secondary employment would present a conflict with her
 primary job duties as an Environmental Inspector-In-Training with the Department
 of Environmental Protection.
 
 
With no further business, the meeting adjourned.
 
 
NEXT BOARD MEETING
 
 
        
   The next state Personnel Board meeting is scheduled for February 
21, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. in Building 6, Room 425, State Capitol Complex, Charleston, 
West Virginia.
 
 
 
Robert Ferguson, Jr., Chairman
State Personnel
 Board
 
 
Elizabeth Williams, Interim Secretary
State Personnel Board