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May 27,1985 ■
<br />EURNEWRETTER
<br />From the Professional Association of Appointed Administrators Serving
<br />Cities, Counties, Regional Councils, and Other Local Governments
<br />Board Nominations
<br />The Nominating Committee met earlier this
<br />month to propose a slate of candidates for
<br />the ICKA Executive Board. Members of the
<br />committee are past presidents Sylvester
<br />Murray, CM, Cincinnati, Ohio, chairman; Stan
<br />Kennedy, VM, Wilmette, III.; and Walter
<br />Scheiber, exec. dir., Metro Washington COG.
<br />In addition to nine nominees selected by the
<br />Nominating Committee, three Individuals will
<br />appear on the ballot as petition candidates.
<br />The nominations made by the Nominating
<br />Committee are indicated below by an asterisk
<br />President[ John Dever* (nominated by
<br />Nominating Committee and by petition), CM,
<br />Long Beach, Calif., and frank Koehler, CM,
<br />Scottsbluff, Neb.
<br />Vice President, West Coast: Revan Tranter*
<br />(nominated by Nominating Committee and by
<br />petition), exec. dir., .Assn. of Bey Area
<br />Govts., Oakland, Calif., and William
<br />Woollett, CM, Irvine, Calif.
<br />Vice President, Midwest: William
<br />Saldridge,* CM, Royal Oak, Mich.
<br />Vice President, Mountain Plains: Leland
<br />Nelson,* CM, University Park, Texas.
<br />Vice President, Northeast: Robert McEvoy,*
<br />CnM, Schenectady Cn., N.Y., and Thomas
<br />Kurtz, CM, State College, Pa.
<br />Vice President, Southeast: Gary Nensley,*
<br />CM, meryvllle, Tenn.
<br />Vice President, other Counerlest William
<br />Mann,* CM, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
<br />Vice President, At -Large, Two -Year Termt
<br />Alexander Briseno, (nominated by
<br />Nominating Committee and by petition),
<br />ACM, San Antonio, Texas.
<br />Vice President, At -Large, One -Year Term:
<br />M. Cecilia Johnson,* sr. adm. asst. to CM,
<br />Des Moines, Iowa.
<br />The ballots for the election of the 1985-86
<br />ICKA Executive Board will be mailed to all
<br />Corporate Members on July 5. Completed bal-
<br />lots must be returned to ICKA by August B.
<br />The ballots will be canvassed at ICKA on
<br />August 9. Election results will be published
<br />n the ICKA Newsletter, and the new officers
<br />ill be formally Installed at the 1985 Annual
<br />Conference In Philadelphia.
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<br />DOL b Prlablllh F.aiorc MIAIaslt
<br />Department of Labor (000 officials are ur-
<br />ging state and local governments to move
<br />quickly to come into compliance with the Fair
<br />Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
<br />Speaking to ICMA and other state and local
<br />organizations, DOL officials reminded them
<br />that regardless of the department's enforce-
<br />ment policy, employees have private rights
<br />and may sue their employers. In fact, fire-
<br />fighters in Hayward, Calif., have already
<br />sued the city government, and at least three
<br />other suits are In court now.
<br />DOL officials were sympathetic to the dlffl-
<br />culties local governments face In renegoti-
<br />ating contracts, changing payroll systems,
<br />and meeting financial obligations. They are
<br />considering an enforcement policy that will
<br />allow state and local governments six months
<br />to come Inrn remnliance.
<br />For Jurisdictions that have a legal impedi-
<br />ment to compliance, enforcement may be de-
<br />ferred further --to as late as April 1986.
<br />BOIL officials cited, as an example of such
<br />Impediment, a state law making compliance
<br />difficult and a state legislature not sched-
<br />uled to convene until after the Initial six-
<br />month grace period. Again, while DOL does
<br />not plan to enforce FLSA Immediately, they
<br />are Informing employees of their private
<br />right to sue.
<br />FLSA May Cost $1.5 Billion,
<br />ICHA has calculated that it may cost local
<br />governments between $320 million and $1,5
<br />billion to bring three classes of employees
<br />Into compliance with FLSA: firefighters,
<br />police officers, and low-level professionals.
<br />The calculation is based on such data as work
<br />schedules for firefighters and salary studies
<br />of police, fire, and other local government
<br />personnel. The range Is large because sever-
<br />al Issues affecting costs remain to be
<br />decided by the courts, and because the manner
<br />In which local Jurisdictions respond to the
<br />law will affect their costs.
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