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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 hireda 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.