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MINUTES City Gouncil November 9, 1988 Carla Blesener reported that the Car•la Lane overlay is nearly complete. Blesener Lane also reported. that there was an incident where the contractor added a Over~lay second driveway access for one of the Carla Lane pr•operties. However, the Public Works Department has corr•ected, that problem by adding some Agenda additional cur~bing. Addition Blesener further reported that street lights for Car~la Lane have been ordered. City Gar•age Blesener r•eported that work has begun on installation of watermain to the City Garage for~ sprinkling pur~poses. Agenda Addition Recycling Blesener• r~equested that the City Attor~ney review the 1989 recycling contr•act. Contract Blesener r•eported that this contr•act provides for• two pick-ups per month of recyclables during 1989. Agenda Addition Stand-By Blesener reviewed the November• 9, 1988 r•epor•t of the Public Works Super•in- Policy tendent outlining his recommendation for• a stand-by policy for• Public Works employees based on similar• policies in other• cities. Agenda Addition Fahey reviewed the report pointing out that ther•e wer~e very few after-hour•s calls to Public Works employees during 1988 and 1987. Fahey pointed out the cost to the City for these after~-hour•s calls noting that the Super•in- tendent's recommendation would greatly increase that cost to the City. Blesener• did not believe the calls listed were all the after-hour•s calls received. Fahey stated that he had no pr~oblem with paying Public Works employees a minimum for calls after•-hour•s. Fahey suggested a minimum of 2 hour•s pa,y at the time and one-half r•ate. However~, Fahey objected to the r•ecommendation for four~ hour•s of pay per week for rotating employees on stand-by. Collova stated that he was in agreement with Fahey's position. Scalze stated that she had trouble with the Public Works Superintendent's recommendation for four hour~s of pay for an employee to be on-call each week. Blesener recommended that Fahey's suggestion be adopted at a minimum, but felt that at some point a stand-by policy would have to be put in place. Blesener• outlined the Public Works Department's present procedure for handling after-hours calls. Fahey stated that befor•e a stand-by policy is adopted, the City must Page -16-