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<br />RICHARD A. MIRRILL <br />DARRELL A. JENSEN , <br />JEFFREY S. JOHHSON <br />RUSSEl.LH. &OWDER <br />JON P. ffiICKSON <br />THOMAS P. MALONE <br />ICHAELF. HURLEY <br />>UOLAS O. SAUTER <br />RMAN L. TAllE <br />CHARLES M. SEYKORA <br />DANIEL D. GANTER, JR. <br />BEVERI.Y K. DODGE <br />JAMES D. HOEFT <br />JOAN M. QUADE <br />JOHN T. BUCHMAN <br />SCOTT M. LEPAK <br /> <br />BGS <br /> <br />STEVEN G. THORSON <br />ELIZABETH A. SCHADlNG <br />WILLIAM F. HUEFNER <br />BRADLEY A. KLETSCHER <br />KRlSTl R. RILEY <br />WILLIAM D. SIEGEL <br />JENNIFER C. THUUEN SMITH <br />KARIN E. SIMONSON <br />MATTHEW A. KOROGI <br />EDWARD (TED) P.SHEU <br />TIMOTHY D. ERB <br /> <br />- l <br />I <br /> <br />Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />400 Northtown Financial Plaza <br />ZOO Coon Rapids Boulevard <br />Minneapolis, MN 55433-5894 <br />(763) 780-8500 FAX (763) 780-1777 <br />I-BOO-4ZZ-3486 <br />www.bgslaw.com <br /> <br />Rettred <br />ROBERT A. GUZY <br /> <br />BERNARD E. STEFFEN <br />1931.2002 <br /> <br />Writer's Direct Line: (763) 783-5129 <br />Internet EMail Address:slepak@bgslaw.com <br /> <br />July 15, 2004 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 2 0 2004 <br /> <br />Kim Moore Sykes <br />City Administrator <br />City of Centerville <br />1880 Main Street <br />Centerville, J\JN 5503 8 <br /> <br />RE: Personnel Policies review <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Sykes: <br /> <br />I fInished my review of the draft policies. In performing this review, I limited my comments to <br />substantive suggestions rather than general editing details. Policies that I do not reference are <br />fme as drafted. <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose. The primary goal in this section should be to defIne obligations on the part of the <br />employees while providing a strong disclaimer preventing the document from being viewed as a <br />binding contract. In order to best accomplish this, I suggest removing the last sentence of the <br />cxi.:;ting policies. (Ncth;ng in this petie;T ~han be ~.0nstrU.ed as part of an ~mployment contract <br />between the City ofCenterville and its Employees) and replacing it with greater detail. My <br />second proposed paragraph is intended to have the policies best fIt with other documents (such as <br />insurance policies) that will govern a particular situation. My suggested language is as follows: <br /> <br />The information in these personnel policies serve only as a general reference to the City <br />of Centerville's current policies and procedures. None of these rules and policies <br />constitutes a contract between the employee and the City, These rules and policies are <br />not a guarantee of continued or future .employment or intended to alter the employment at <br />will relationship in any manner. Employees have the right, with appropriate notice, to <br />terminate their employment at any time, for any reason or no reason, and the City retains <br />a similar right, subj ect to any statutory or constitutional restrictions placed upon it as a <br />public employer. <br /> <br />Established 1938-An EOEfAA Employer <br />