02-08-95 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 8, 1995 considered as an employment contract. With regard to the Superintendent's question, Fahey stated that he would not want to voluntarily grandfather anyone in. The employer should be able to terminate management personnel without cause. Morelan asked if the Personnel Policy would be addressing seasonal employees. The Administrator replied that he is developing separate work rules for seasonal employees. It was noted that the Personnel Policy excludes City Council members. However, the Administrator felt that certain provisions of the Policy, such as reimbursement for travel expenses for City-related business could apply to the Council Members as well. This can be qualified in the Policy. It was pointed out that there are some typographical errors in the Table of Contents. On page 1, 4th paragraph, the phrase "in any way favored" should be eliminated. It was noted that full-time positions should be referred to as ~~Permanent Full-Time Positions" throughout the entire Policy, and part-time should be "Permanent Part-Time Positions". On page 4, 4th paragraph, short-term temporary should be referred to as "Short-Term Temporary (Full-Time and Part-Time)". Fahey suggested that page 5 mention the requirement of a drug test for newly hired employees, and that a psychological evaluation may be required for department head positions. On page 7, the word '~Public" should be changed to "City" in the second sentence. On page 8, the third paragraph under "Procedure" should be eliminated. On page 9, the last sentence should be eliminated. On page 10 the phrase ~~of work" should be added after reference to the 8 hour work day and 40 hour work week in the first sentence of the first paragraph. Pedersen expressed concern that in reading the Personnel Policy he felt it too bureaucratic and negative. Pedersen felt a more goal-oriented document would be preferable. 3