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May 24, 1976 Page 12 in that way. The administrator stated that the electrical inspector should check as to what should be included in there. He further stated that he and Mr. Ziebarth will work something out. A vote on the motion was called for. 4 ayes Mayor Johnson asked Mr. Ziebarth to carry back to the Bicentennial Committee the Council's thanks for all the work they have done on this project. The Council then reverted back to discussion of the Community Development Block Grant expenditures. The administrator explained that the clerk- typist will be 3/4 time for 12 months. They will need a full -time clerk typist when the engineer starts and with the new housing code. Councilman Shelquist asked what became of the CETA program? The administrator replied that Title 1 and 2 have received some extension by executive order, but that Title 6 has not received congressional action yet. There has been no notification from the county so the June 30 cut off date is still in effect, but we should receive funding for one of the positions because of the extension of 1 2. Mr. Shelquist stated that he thought a year ago, when we added several people via CETA, we effectively expanded the staff without long term implication. Now that we know this block grant is a $25.000 maximum, he wants to insure that the Council knows what they are doing relative to permanent staff. The administrator stated that is one of the reasons he did want to hire a college student who would have a natural termination. Mr. Shelquist asked, what happens if we let him go relative to unemployment compensation? The administrator replied that anyone we employ, even if we hire them with their full knowledge that the program ends, is eligible for unemployment compensation. Councilman Baumgartner asked Councilman Shelquist if he was indicating that we got in trouble when we hired a CETA person in the Recreational Dept.? Councilman Shelquist replied that it did not mean we were adding permanent staff, but it has turned into permanent staff. Councilman Pickar stated that he thought it was a temporary additional funding also. The administrator stated that he highly recommends that the Council make some commitment now before we hire an engineer. He further stated that we have 4 personnel in that situation now and a 5th that you are only going to be paying half a year we can hire someone for a long or short range commitment but we should let the people involved know. He does not want to misinform those people any longer the four people who are now under the CETA program.