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EMPLOYEE MEETING
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August 2, 1983
In attendance at Employee Meeting -
EMS Director: Doug Greenfield
Chairman EMSEAC: Diane Flagg
Members : Jeff Page, Dave Kitchen, Denny Hare
Employees : Keith Teague, Jerry Montgomery,
Pat Hedrich , Dale Ginter, Marty Ginter
1015 hrs . Employee Meeting - to discuss disciplinary review board
- Opened by Diane Flagg to discuss outline attached to these
minutes .
1045 hrs . Disciplinary review board outline discussed. One change was
made on page 2 as noted . Jerry Montgomery asked about item
3 on page 1 , reference to limitations . Diane stated that
limitations are related to any executive action taken by the
Director.
1115 hrs . Diane stated that there will be a procedure for reporting
administrative discrepancies to Doug Greenfield. These
should go to Diane. A section of the operations manual
will be devoted to this new policy.
1120 hrs . Discussion continued until the meeting was adjourned at
1155 hours.
NOTE: The first meeting of the newly appointed disciplinary
review board will be August 9, 1983, at 9:30 a.m. at Head-
quarters .
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EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COUNCIL
1155 hrs . EMSEAC Meeting - in atendance: Diane Flagg, Jeff Page, Bill
Peplinski , Dave Kitchen, Denny Hare.
Called to order by Diane Flagg for purpose of appointing members
to the Disciplinary Board. The members are: Tom Maguire,
Mark Willis, Dale Ginter
Alternates : Bill Griffin, Terry Lichliter, Sue Keny
These individuals were elected by a quorum of five EMSEAC
members .
1300 hrs . Doug Greenfield stated that the supervisors are always super-
visors for Collier County EMS whether in duty or off duty.
This applies to enforcing S.O.P. and disciplinary actions .
1310 hrs . It was decided to hold the regular EMSEAC meetings on August
9, at 9 :30 a.m. and discuss old and new business . There will
also be a meeting of the newly appointed disciplinary review
board. All employee' s are urged to attend.
1315 hrs . Meeting was adjourned.
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THE DISCIPLINARY REVIEW BOARD
PURPOSE
1 . To consider measures related to the Operation Manual ' s
Codes of Conduct, and the disciplinary actions taken for offenses
committed, infraction of rules, or deficiencies of work which
include investigations of specific accusations of misconduct.
2. To recommend administrative actions it seems appropri-
ate for enforcing standards of conduct, concurrent with EMS policy.
3. It may investigate, subject to limitation, alleged
violations of the codes of official conduct, rules , regulations
or other standards of conduct applicable to employees in the per-
formance of their duties.
4. No resolution may be made, unless approved by a vote of
not less than four of the six members . In the event of a tie,
the judgement will be in the employee' s behalf.
5 . The Board may act only upon receipt of a complaint
presented to the EMSAC chairman in writing by the affected employee.
No less than a written reprimand will be considered for review.
The complaint must be submitted within seven calendar days of the
notification of disciplinary action taken against the employee.
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6. No member of the Board may participate in any proceeding
relating to his or her own official conduct, the conduct of their
spouse, or if EMSAC Chairman rules a conflict may exist.
7. It shall be the duty of each member of the Board to
attend all sessions . In the event that a member is absent or is
disqualified due to a conflict of interest, an alternate member
appointed by the EMSAC chairman will take his or her place.
8. Any full-time (non-probationary) employee of Collier
EMS may request a hearing.
9. Any employee under probation for a change in pay grade
may request a hearing providing it is not directly related to
their status in pay grade or the change of that status .
FORM OF REVIEW
1 . Must be in writing and signed by the party or parties
requesting review.
2. Contain a statement of the facts out of which the charges
originated, and state the specific act or acts alleged to consti-
tute misconduct, the dates , places and persons involved.
3. State the nature of the violation or violations alleged
and refer to the established policies, decisions, rules or regula-
tions it is alleged have been violated .
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RULES OF CONDUCT
The Board shall consist of three employees appointed by
the employees Advisory Council and three staff members appointed
by the Director.
Effective this date, the hearing shall be held within 14
days after written complaint from the employee has been received
by the EMSAC chairman. For good cause shown, the employee may
request a postponement of the date, subject to approval of the
EMSAC chairman .
Should the employee fail to appear for hearing, the original
disciplinary action shall remain .
The decision of the Board shall be by majority vote of its
members and the action imposed shall be delivered in writing to
all parties involved with copies to all personnel .
Additional rules of procedure may be determined by the Board
during the course of a hearing, if situations not covered by the
rules adopted should occur.
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