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5 i Council sometime in the near future and said he thought it would be 2 helpful for the Council to find out whether the City,s decline represen- 3 ted a national, state, regional or only a local change in drinking 4 patterns. Mr. Childs said he would arrange for the Liquor Manager to 5 come to a Council meeting prepared to answer the Council's concerns. 6 CITY MANAGER REPORTS 7 November 1, 1988 Staff Meeting Notes 8 Comparable Worth Study Draws Three Appeals 9 In reference to Sue VanderHeyden's report that there have been three 10 appeals, one each from the Police, Fire, and Public Works Departments, 11 resulting from the Comparable Worth Study, the Manager told Councilmem- 12 ber Makowske he perceived all three were very similar to appeals from 13 like departments in other cities who did these studies. He indicated 14 the City's response would probably be based on the responses the other 15 cities made to the appeals. 16 Advanced United Bankruptcy Results in a Number of Uncollectible Checks 17 for City Liauor Operation 18 Ray Nelson is holding up his report on the above checks from his check 1-9 cashing operation until he knows for certain which checks won't be i honored by the bankruptcy court, according to Mr. Childs, who said he z1 anticipated that report to be on the Council's next agenda. 22 Appointment of Two Police Officers Dependent Only Upon Their Passing 23 Psychological Tests 24 Mr. Childs indicated Police Chief Hickerson's comments meant the tests 25 which were now being administered were the last step in the hiring 26 process. 27 Councilmember Enrooth Amazed by New York City Drug Statistics Reported 28 by Police Chief 29 The above comment was made in response to Chief Hickerson's report on 30 the convention he had attended in Portland, Oregon, where he had learned 31 that in New York City all criminals are tested for drugs and 70% of 32 those tests are positive. Mr. Childs commented that he perceived it 33 had to be terribly expensive for that city to test all the criminals 34 who are brought in. However, he said he certainly thought the figures 35 quoted by the Police Chief were supported by reports coming in from the 36 nation's teachers that problems with drugs far outweighed the importance 37 of other types of problems experienced by the schools in the past. 38 Mayor Sundland reported his own experience with a survey call earlier 39 that week where he had trouble convincing the caller that his own main A0 concern as an individual was drugs rather than the deficit or any other issue being discussed during the presidential campaign.