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85-1418 WHITE — CITV CLERK PINK — FINANGE COUIICll CANARV — DEPARTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAUL File NO. �� /�� BI.UE — MAVOR � ou ci R solution Presente By Referred To � � Committee: Date � ���^ gJ Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS , a Qualifications and Examining Committee was established to determine the qualifications of applicants for the position of Director of Personnel of the City of Saint Paul pursuant to Section 12. 121 of the City Charter; and WHEREAS , the Examining Committee has completed its process and has submitted five names of applicants for the position of Personnel Director to the Mayor for selection; and WHEREAS , the Mayor has selected Rafael Viscasillas from this list of applicants to be appointed to the position of Director of Personnel ; now, therefore , be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby approves and ratifies the appointment of Rafael Viscasillas as Personnel Director of the City of Saint Paul for a term of six years commencing October 28, 1985. COUNCILMEN Yeas Nays � Requested by Department of: Drew Masanz ��F �~� [n Favor Nicosia � ��' _ __ Against BY J Sonnen Tedesco ` W��son OCT 2 � 1985 Form prov by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified Pa_ - ouncil Se tar By I By • t#pproved by �Navor. D � O ��'� ��Soy� � 1t pro y Mayor for Submi ' n t �Council By�.��� � .T...r-�c ^ �f 6" �f(��t J ` I . � . ,.. . . ��5��/S//� � R.AFAEL ANTONIO VISCASILLAS 6140 Chaska Road A. (612) 474-0409 Shorewood, 1�1 55331 W. (b12) 725-4066 • Human resources manager, with a proven record of success in directiag all major areas of personnel functions. • Experienced in: staffing, classification, employee relations, labor relations, training and development, performance ap- � praisal and affirmative action. • Skilled in labor�management relations, with an excellent � record in contract negotiations and arbitration hearings. • Rnowledgeable of laws governing personnel and adept at translating them into practical, manageable programs. � Earn respect and cooperation of operational managers while effectively directing and motivatiag personnel staffs. ERPERIENCE . 10/77-Pres: Assistant Director - Personnel, Veterans Administration, Regional Office, St. Paul, 1�Ild. Direct the day-to-day operations of division which serves two ma�or agencies, the Regional Office and the Data Processing Center. This requires knowledge of aad sensitivitq to differing personnel policies. Work in close collaboration with personnel director and directors of the agencies on the development and implementation of manpower plans, policies and procedures. Develop and control departmental budget of $350,000. Supervise � all major personael and administrative areas including: staffing, classification, emploqee relations, labor relations, performance appraisal, training, and employee processing and records main- teaance. Monitor vork in progress to assure that it is com- pleted to specificatioas within strict time limitations. Manage Occupational Safetq and Health Act (OSHA) program for both agencies and handle all Workers' Compensation claims. Oversee special examiaing units. Develop software applications for iateroffice reports and interaal controls. Deal directly �rith top level managers on the resolution of employee and labor relatioas problems. Personally conduct all labor management aegotiations and represent agencies at arbitration hearings. • Sesponsible for coozdinating the timelq closing of the Data Processing Center and placiag affected emploqees (115) in new positions or �roviding outplacement assistance. � Successfully negotiated two merit promotion sqstems with the uaion. 11/76-10/77: Regional EEO Officer, U.S. Immigration and Natuzalization Service, St. Paul, I�T. Managed Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunitq Programs for northern egion. This involved twenty states and 1200 . ' employees. Monitored hiring procedures for border control agents and criminal investigators to ensure that the agencq affirmative action goals were considered prior to aelection. Adjudicated EEO complaints after investigations were complete. • Developed the first federally approved affirmative action plan for the northern regional office. - - ., . . . ��'s=��r�' . . 2 RAFAEL ANTONIO VISCASILLAS 9/75-11/76: Chief, Staffing and Employment Section, Veteraas Administration, Regional Office, St. Paul, 1�IN. Recruited applicants from outside the federal government. Re- viewed and rated applications. Performed preliminary inter- views and made hiring reco�endations to supervisors. An- nounced internal vacancies to emploqees, evaluated their ' credentials and made recommendations to supervisors. Oversaw the work of two specialists. 8/74-9/75: Personnel Staffing Specialist, U.S. Office of Personnel Manage- ment (OPM), St. Paul. 1�1. Tested applicants for positioas in the federal government. Served on a team which evaluated compliance of agencies' personnel progrems to federal regulations. . • Developed job classification system and positions for Benton � Couaty ia fulfillment of a goverament contract. 4/73-8/74: Investigator, O.S. Office of Personnel Maaagement, New York, NY. Performed imiestigations for applicants requiring securitq clearances for federal positions. Interviewed references listed by applicants, prepared summaries of interviews, made recammendations on the grantiag of clearances aad sub- • mitted them to supervisory investigator. 8/72-4/73: Assistant Administzator, Palmer Memorial Hospital, West Union, IA. Held equal responsibilitq with admiaistrator for managing this thirty bed hospital and seventq bed nursing hame. Was eolely ia charge of budgeting and staffing functions. • Developed and implemented first viable billing system for hoepital. easuring that appropriate departments and patients were billed for supplies and services. Was credited for placing the hospital in the "black". EDUCATION � M.S., Industrial Managemeat, IIaiversity of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1972. B.S., Biology, ?lanhattan Coll�ege, New York, NY, 1968. Numerous in-house courses in Labor Relations, EEO, Affirmative Action, etc., IIaited States Government. OTHER Speak, read and write Spanish fluently. Liceased Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATZONS Twin City Federal Personnel Council (Past President) Interaational Personael Management Association REFERENCES: Submitted on request. =�=`%'^:- • � �/�/�� .:;. �� . ��TY O�' .SAINT �.�.7JL �� ,•-'-i;'`� i� :r.,� . f`��.`�+ ��;'-���}.��� OI`I.�ICI+: Oit' 7.'III�: CITY COII\CL L F t°�� 't,�� t>�,:;��"' '�I f,:�� � � �i• '- �_l'•' tti . , .-.. ;-.r . `i.r��=-j� >>/ D Q t e ;:_- O:�tober:�;15.,� �2�-985 `4:.Y��'''`^�=;/;' . . . _ __�y�. CO � � I�'TEE F� E �' O �T � : i O = Sasn� P�� I Ci�y Co►,� ��it . � � . F� � �'� ' C d�T�t�i�� Q� FINANCE, MANAGEMENT � PERSONNEL ' ' C�A 1 P'. James Scheibel . � CO[�4NITTEE-OF-THE-WHOLE: � Resol�ix�`�app9C0�137rtg the appaf� o�`�ltafael �Y�sdt�`'�t�s � as Persl�re� �.actor of tk�a�'l�i�7►�p�#',,, P���W�� �r;.� ' of 6 y^ear� ee�+nettefisg Octobsr-:�A�. �� REGULAR COMMITTEE: • / . . � l. Approval of mi.nutes from meeting held October 10._ I985. A�� . . . • � ' 2. Resolution amending the 1985 budget�by�adding $4,t�80�0,�to the Financing and SQenaing • Plan for POlice I.D. Cazd Deposit. (Police) �!'«Gi1�� � 3. . Resalution amending the 1985 budget by adding $23,8II to the Financing and Spendin " ._ . .. Plan for-Police-Speical Revenue Fund-Crime Laboratozy Equipment Fund. (Police)�Qp�� ' 4. Resolution amending the I985 budget by adding 532,9I2.00 to the Financing aad - � Soending PIan for Special-Project-Gen. Govt. Housing..Discriminatian Complai.nts. (Human Zights) • �PRO�l�j! � ' . - � S. Resolution amending the 1985 budget by adding SI0,9I2.00 to the Financing and . • Spending Plan for Exec. Administration-Civil Rights Regulations/Enfarcement. . (Humaa Rights) ��W'!� . . ' ' 6. Resolution ameading the I985 budget by adding $2,?21.5Z to the Finaacing and ��j� Spendi.ng Plan for Special Project-General Govt.-Lhe Rand Study. (Budget Director7 7. Resolution amendi.ng the I985 budget by adding $225,629 to the Financing and �,�p Spending Plan for General 6ovt. Accounts-81dg. Trades Fringe Benefits. (Finance) I"f�"�"���� 8. Resolution amending the 1985 budget by decreasing 540,000 from Financing Plan ' and adding $8,600 to the Spending Plan for Alarm License Activities F Penaities. (Finance Dept.) �11� �J� � 1�"�-�� 9. Resolution amending the 1985 budget by transferring $3,000 from Cantingent Reserve � ' to PED-Citizen Participation. (PED-Commimity Development) .���� 10: Resolution supporting an e£fort to develop a consortium of cities to intervene in • ' � .� the NSP electric rate case and resolving that the City will contribute a pro�PR�� • rata amount of money to help defray costs of intervention by the consortium. � ' 11: Resolution traasferring $388,OQ0 fro ark Nurse Taz Increment District to ' � � . • Edgcumbe Community Recreation Center� '� � ��VT. � W't4�� ����"���� CITY HALL SL•VENTH FLOOF: � • . � � S�1INT PAUL,Ai1�1ESOT��55I0_ � . . ' '�2-u � . � .