02-08-95 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUPES CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 8, 1995 cities to with regard to comp time for department heads. The Director felt that 45 hours per week was not out- of-line. However, the position is requiring more than that, and the Director felt that it was a little unfair that he not receive some comp time in recognition of those additional hours. Scalze asked if either of the assistants put in additional hours when the Director was on vacation. The Director replied that he directs phone calls to the assistants, but neither put in additional hours. Morelan agreed that exempt employees typically put in more than 40 hours, but agreed if an exempt employee was consistently putting in more than 50 there was something wrong. Scalze suggested it might be possible to get some extra hours out of the assistants. Fahey stated that there was no good answer in a City this small, and work does tend to pile up when an employee is on vacation. Fahey felt that the City should find out how other cities address this situation. Fahey stated that he would lean toward giving the City Administrator some discretion in granting comp time off to department heads. The problem is how is it measured. The Director stated that he would be comfortable with the City Administrator havinq some discretion in this regard, but from his discussions with the Administrator, it appears he is not. The Administrator stated that he would like an understanding of what standards would govern. Fahey felt that a little more checking with other cities may provide some standards. LaValle suggested that at budget time next year it may be time to provide for a full-time assistant if the Director is putting in over 50 hours per week. The two part-time assistant positions could be replaced with one full-time assistant. 6