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083 COUNCIL WAYS AND MEANS MEETING APRIL 27, 1987 Ithis one. Mr. Marier noted that he had attended a school on motivation and salary was only a temporary motivator. Other factors were work atmosphere and appreciation by the boss. He felt there was no way the City could buy an individual, the other factors were important. Mr. Schumacher felt Dan was not disgruntled and noted that the City has not paid wages for Dan until this past year. He was on several work programs. Mr. Bisel noted that even then the salary did come out of tax dollars. Josephine Goodwin, Police Secretary - Mr. Bisel noted that Jo was in line with the Comparable Worth study. Mr. Schumacher noted that she was in the right sequence as far as salary was concerned. He also noted that she is a dedicated employee and does a good job dealing with reports and especially the public because it is not a pleasant job at times. Mr. Marier asked about her attendance and Mr. Schumacher explained that she had an accident and did have back surgery. However, since that time there has not been a problem with her attendance. Randy Schumacher, Administrator - Mr. Schumacher said he did not do an evaluation for himself. However he did list his accomplishments for 1986 and his goals for 1987. He asked the Council how they would like to handle his position. He feels the emphasis for his position has changed to become more of a planning and economic development position for this community. He is allowing the department heads to accept more of the actual operation of their departments and he is available to them for administrative assistance. He noted that the Council had put together an aggressive program in December and he has put a good size dent in it as far as getting it on board. However it will take a real education of the public to implement all the aspects of the program and he would like to dedicate more time to being an administrator. Mr. Bisel asked how Mr. Schumacher perceived his role changing. Mr. Schumacher said before he was a finance director, personnel director and planner on specific individual projects. Now he would like to be more of an administrator working with department heads in different areas and setting up more policies rather than dealing with problems. Part Time Secretaries - Mr. Schumacher noted that the secretaries have not had a salary adjustment in the last two years. In the past they were primarily responsible for answering telephones and typing. However, the telephone calls have become very heavy and a survey performed earlier this month indicates the secretaries are handling about 600 calls per week. Since most calls involve gathering information for the caller, there is little time left for routine Ityping and tasks. There is no slack time at all. He is considering PAGE 4