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Oak Creek council extends unpaid‑leave benefit to part‑time staff and approves library RFID purchase, stormwater and right‑of‑way measures
Summary
The council on March 18 approved a package of administrative and infrastructure measures — extending unpaid‑leave eligibility to regular part‑time employees, appointing a board member, funding library RFID equipment and authorizing stormwater and right‑of‑way agreements — in votes recorded by roll call.
The Oak Creek Common Council on March 18 approved a set of administrative and infrastructure items intended to update city personnel practice and move several capital and property actions forward.
Personnel policy: The council concurred with the Personnel & Finance Committee to amend Personnel Policy 7.2 (Unpaid Leave of Absence) to extend the policy’s existing unpaid‑leave process to regular part‑time non‑represented employees. Deputy City Administrator and Finance Officer Max Gagan told the council the change responds to recent unpaid‑leave requests from part‑time staff and that about 25 regular part‑time employees would become eligible for the same process (initial approval by the city administrator for up to 30 days, with additional days approved by the Personnel & Finance Committee). The Personnel & Finance Committee recommended the change unanimously; council members said it helps retain valued employees.
Appointments and library equipment: The council approved the mayor’s appointment of Michael Haveny to the Board of Health to fill a term through October 2025. The council also authorized a $158,070 purchase of RFID equipment from Bibliotheca for library circulation and inventory systems; Jill Lininger, library director, said the equipment will be installed over the course of the year and replaces technology that came with the library building about 10 years ago.
Engineering and right‑of‑way actions: The council approved a stormwater management practices maintenance agreement with 8385 Newberry LLC for the Newberry Place multi‑family redevelopment (staff and MMSD have approved the proposed maintenance approach). The council also approved a resolution to acquire fee right‑of‑way and temporary easements and to authorize payment of awarded damages for the Liberty and Pew intersection improvements project; the right‑of‑way work will allow utility relocations and final preconstruction work to proceed ahead of the contract start.
Other routine business: The council approved a slate of license requests as listed in the licenses committee report and approved the vendor summary report for March 12 in the amount of $448,014.30.
Votes (summary): the personnel‑policy amendment, the mayoral appointment, the RFID equipment purchase ($158,070), the stormwater maintenance agreement, the right‑of‑way resolution and the vendor report were each approved by majority roll call votes as recorded in the meeting minutes.
What comes next: the personnel‑policy change is effective per the city’s personnel rules; the library equipment will be scheduled and installed in 2025; stormwater maintenance and right‑of‑way agreements are administrative steps that permit the engineering work and utility relocations required before construction starts on the Liberty and Pew improvements.
