02-08-95 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINi)TES CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 8, 1995 Fahey felt the situation would be the same unless the assistant were scheduled from 12 Noon to 8 P.M., for example. Fahey agreed if the two assistants are together putting in more than 2,080 hours in a year, it may be time to go to a full-time assistant. On page 23, the City Administrator pointed out that paragraph J. was an attempt to address the extra hours put in by department heads. The Administrator felt that the additional week of vacation would provide more accountability. Morelan felt this suggestion a fair one. The Director felt it went a long way in addressing the injustices of the City Administrator and PW Superintendent positions, but not his position. This is because of the total hours he consistently puts in due to the structure of his job. Pedersen asked if the Director were required to be on the job from 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., and suggested that he start each day at 10 A.M., for example. The Administrator felt that the problem was work load. The Director reported that he consistently works 50 hours per week, and did not believe the Department would offer good service if he came in at 10 A.M. each day. The Administrator pointed out that addressing the comp time issue does not resolve the problem of the Director putting in 50 hours per week. Fahey suggested that a summary of the hours the assistants are working be put together. Fahey did not believe the City should burn out the Rec Director because the assistants are only available at night. The Administrator did not believe this discussion was relative to the Personnel Policy, but rather an issue of the structure of the department and the work load. Scalze pointed out that the City has one assistant who could probably work more hours. LaValle suggested that the Administrator and Director 7