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Mounds View City Council August 8, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 18 • Council Member Thomas indicated that the Council has already discussed this, which is one of the reasons why she supports allowing them to use the flextime at the end of the season. She agreed that it would be unfair to cut them off on something they have been deliberately using and setting up their job schedule to utilize and hold the days for that specific purpose. She explained that normally it is an unusual situation to payout flextime noting that in this case it is called for due to the odd nature of the schedule. She stated that the issue is in trying to determine if they would use the flex plus the one-week or is there atrade-off where they use the flextime or take the one-week per year. She stated that she definitely believes that the employees should be allowed to use up the flextime that they have already earned noting that she is not sure on the payout of one week per year. Council Member Flaherty agreed with Council Member Thomas noting that he has no issues with the flextime. He stated that he is concerned about the one-week pay per year of service noting that he can't get past the amount of vacation time the employees have accrued. Mary Burg, Golf Course Manager clarified to Council that most of the employees do take the majority of their vacation time and reviewed the carryover process with Council. She agreed that it is a large number in comparison to the private sector adding that typically people who work at a golf course tend to work longer hours in the summer. She stated that these employees do give an awful lot when it comes to the hours they actually work adding that it is a labor of love by the people who are employed there and they work very hard for the City to make the golf course a good operation. She also noted that in Ken Manthis's case, from what she can gather, this is the only golf course that does not pay him for the time he spends giving customers a golf lesson. She stated that he gives lessons all the time and he never tells a customer that he cannot give them a lesson and he doesn't get any monetary value for it. She stated that Ken has put in a lot of effort and time and has brought in a lot of the income for the City. She stated that she is willing to turn her money over to Ken. Council Member Thomas stated that this was a kind offer but it is not set up in the system to be able to accommodate that request. She asked what the hiring window is for golf courses and when are they looking to hire new people. She asked what options the employees would have if they were kept on the payroll until March 1St and would the timeframe end up being too late for any of them to find a job with a different golf course. Manager Burg stated that it is her belief that some people are already looking for jobs noting that some may have already found a new position. She stated that there is always a big shift throughout the winter months noting that they usually want to have people in place by February. Council Member Thomas stated that one of the things she wants to be sure of is that there is coverage for these employees during this window of time noting that they do work very hard and this is something that the City should be covering them on. • Council Member Flaherty clarified that he does not have a problem with paying out for the vacation time because this is something the employee accrues. He stated that he also agrees with