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I maintenance. The resident indicated the Public Works Director's 2 response to his complaints was that the City couldn't make those 3 adjustments because they would have to pay time and a half for split •4 shift hours if the crews worked hours which extended over two days. He 5 said since January 1st the crews had worked on the hockey rinks at 6 hours ranging from 3 :45 A.M. to 6:15 A.M. The complainant said even Mr. 7 Childs' suggestion that the maintenance schedule be shifted so the crews 8 did that hockey rink last wouldn't work because if it took the usual two 9 hours to scrape the ice, that would put the crews at work on the ice at 10 around 6:00 A.M. , still too early to "have bells going off in close 11 proximity to my house" and awakening children too young to get up at 12 that hour. 13 Mr. Spielmann reported talking to people who maintain other rinks, who 14 he conceded were volunteers, but had told him they used hoses and not 15 noisy watering trucks to flood their rinks. He said he couldn't 16 understand why 6:00 A.M. was the latest time the crews could do their 17 work and indicated he thought it would be a lot safer for them to work 18 during daylight rather than night hours. 19 Mayor Sundland told the resident the City spends well over $10,000.00 20 during a normal winter to keep the hockey rinks open and safe. He 21 reiterated that time and a half would have to be paid to the union crews 22 for' split shifts and confirmed the information Mr. Hamer had given Mr. 23 Spielmann which indicated any change in the contract's shift schedules - 24 had to be negotiated with the union seven working days before those 25 changes were made. 86 Mr. Hamer reported he had previously explained the conflict with the 7 union contract to Mr. Spielmann many times in the past along with the 28 facts that: 29 *the best time for freezing ice is in the middle of the night; 30 *the ice has to be kept clear of cracks for the safety of the hockey 31 players and skaters; 32 *children skating on the ice prevent the maintenance work from being 33 done until after the rinks close and it's usually too warm during 34 schools hours for the ice to set up; 35 *in regard to the equipment which is used, the sweeper has the ice 36 shaver on the back of it; flooding is done by truck because the spray 37 bar on the back puts down only the thin coats of water needed to 38 produce hard ice; 39 *with the warmer than usual weather this winter, the crews have to 40 wait until the temperature is about 25 deg. which is usually in the 41 middle of the night; 42 *the rinks have been maintained in the same manner for more than the 43 thirty odd years he has been with the City; • 3