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<br />RlCHAl\D A. MER:Rlll <br />DARRELL MJENSEN.. <br />JEFFREY S. JOHNSON <br />RUSSELL H. CROWDER <br />JON P. ERICKSON <br />THOMAS P. MALONE <br />CHAEL E HURLEY <br />UGLAS G. SAUTER <br />?MAN L. TALLE <br />CHARLES M. SEYKORA <br />DANIEL D. GANTIR,JR. <br />BEVERLY K. DODGE <br />JAMES D. HOEFT <br />JOAN M. QUADE <br />JOHNT. BUCHMAN <br />SCOTT M. LEPAK <br /> <br />BGS <br /> <br />STEVEN G. THGRSON <br />ELIZABETH A. SCHADING <br />WIlliAM E HUEFNER <br />BRADLEY A. KLETSCHER <br />KRlSTI R. RlLEY <br />WIWAM D. SIEGEL <br />JENNIFER C. THUUEN SMITH <br />KARIN E. SIMONSON <br />MATTHEW A. KOROGI <br />EDWARD (TED) P. SHED <br />TIMOTHY D. ERB <br /> <br />Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />400 Northtown Financial Plaza <br />200 Coon Rapids Boulevard <br />Minneapolis, MN 55433-5894 <br />(763) 780-8500 FAX (763) 780-1777 <br />1-800-422-3486 <br />www.bgslaw.com <br /> <br />Retired <br />ROBERT A. ouzy <br /> <br />BERNARD E. STEEEEN <br />1931-2002 <br /> <br />Writer's Direct Line: (763) 783-5129 <br />Internet E-Mail Address:slepak@bgslaw.com <br /> <br />July 15, 2004 <br /> <br />REC:gIVED <br />JUL 2 0 200~ <br /> <br />Kim Moore Sykes <br />City Administrator <br />City of Centerville <br />1880 Main Street <br />Centerville, MN 55038 <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 co=ents 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 />existing policies (}{oth~~g in this pclicj~ ~haJI be G0nstrued as part of an employment contract <br />between the City of Centerville 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 />ofCenterville'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, subject to any statutory or constitutional restrictions placed upon it as a <br />. . <br />public employer. <br /> <br />Established 1938-An EOE/AA Employer . <br />