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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-10-08 Municipal Operations Committee MinutesMUNICIPAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
MINUTES
October 8,'1996
Councilors present: David Leen, Pat Blanchette, Christopher Popper,
Timothy Woodcock, Jim Tyler
Staff present: Erik Stumpfel, Robert Farrar, Dort Winslow, Randy Harriman,
Paul rosier, Mike Roggin
Others present:
The meeting convened at 5:00 p.m.
1. Taelcab Driver License Appeal
Police Lieutenant Winslow explained that when John such had applied for a
taxicab license in 1994, he Lad listed a couple of criminal convictions.
After Mr. Sauk had been in possession of his taxicab license for a few
months, the Bangor Police Department received complaints that his vehicle
was spotted numerous times at the Ramada Its. Because of a past
conviction for "peeping tom" activity, there w s that this was
occurring at the Ramada. Lt. Winslow said that,e although Mr. Runk was not
later identified as being part any illegal activity, his vehicle was
there. After going Lack and reviewing his license, the Police Department
decided not to renew Mr. Amok's license. In August 1995, Mr. Sauk
indicated that he wanted to appeal the decision; however, he never
submitted the required written appeal. In September 1996, Mr.Ruuk
applied again and was turned does. He submitted a written request for
appeal and was informed that the first hearing would be held at this
Municipal Operations Committee meeting. Voted to refer to full Council so
that Mr. Rusk has the opportunity to be present.
2. Council Ordinance 96-384 Amending Juvenile Curfew ordinance (Chapter
VII, Article 5, Section 1 of the Laws anal Ordinances of the City of
Bangor)
Councilor Blanchette described problems at the Broadway Shopping Center,
including night managers' vehicles being turned Over,
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striS of Shopping
arts being turned Over,etc. She said she didn't thick a downtown curfew
would "do a bit of goo&. She felt the curfew needed to include a
stipulation that Parente pay a fine if children violated the curfew. She
said she's 'tired of being the guardian of everybody's children' and that
the City should be too. Police Chief Harriman said that mall Owners could
impose rules regulating children's presence. Councilor Blanchette said
this agenda item should be postponed until mall and shop Owners could be
contacted for their input. Chief Earriman said that other issues
s that
would have to be addressed include where to house the Juveniles that are
detained, and how to provide more police for enforcement. Erik Stumpfel
said that, legally, juveniles have to be segregated from other jail
inmates and must be under constant surveillance. Chief Harriman said the
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state le called for areas
the
and counties to help fund em to Span any
juvenile detention areas the state might construct. Item poseponed. No
date 6¢t for further review.
(councilor Tyler departed)
3. HER Ballot for 1996-1997 Slate of Officers and Voting Delegates
voted to cast ballot for the slate of officers as proposed and voted to
nre Councilor Charles Sullivan as voting delegate, with ed Barrett as
alternate.
9. Continued Review of Revised Personnel Ruled and Regulations
Bob Farrar reviewed several Stems:
cation and floating holidays - Some employees felt that one way top-stap
employees could be recognized is to institute a fifth week of vacation.
Councilor Woodcock thought that constituted a very significant-, period of
time, when added to the 12 holidays. He felt the major motivating factor
for city employees is professionalism and pride in the job, not how many
days vacation Or Sick time a person is allowed to earn. Councilor
Blanchette said going to five weeks would be following industry standard
and she felt it important to somehow compensate long-term employees.
without merit raises, a long-term employee's paycheck is reduced when cost
of living increases. She pointed out that the city bas many qualified,
dedicated Personnel au[ that there must be some entive for senior
employees to regain. Regarding floating bolidays, councilor Popper
though[ there might be problems in trying to Staff offices Such a
Treasury. Bob Farrar said that, based on employee input, the suggestion
for two floating holidays would be delated. He will Survey several large
businesses and municipalities to get information about their vacation
benefits.
Bob said that current regulations are ^aketchy" regarding comp time and
Overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that the City be more
specific in addressing these issues. It was suggested that exempt
employees who work more than 95 basis receive comp time o one-to-one
baefa. Councilor Blanchette said salaried employees at bar company are
required to work 53 hours per week. She thought something in between
would be more appropriate. She also said she a nothing wrong with Bob
or Ed or Erik coming in at nine or [en o'clock if they bad been at a late
night meeting the evening before. Bob said that practice would cause
rale problems and be perceived as a double standard. Pat said that may
have been the old thinking, but that people could adjust. Bob said a new
computer program could track comp time just as it currently does sick time
and vacation time. Councilor Popper felt that being an salary meant
working whatever hours aid necessary to get the job done. Pat wanted
there to be a cap on the amount of camp time a person could accroa. Bob
indicated that the proposed rules and regulations for exempt employees
proposed a cap of 40 hours. Bob also discussed the compensation
time/overtime proposal for non-exempt employees. There appeared to be no
problem with that section of the Rule$ and Regulations. The Committee
asked Bob to survey other municipalities and large businesses to see what
e typically provided for non-exempt employees with regard to
compensatory time.
Other Topics
The Committee decided a number of other issues including
6.9.2 Bumping Rights - delete this section
7.1.2 Holidays - to retain 12 established holidays
7.101(d) Sick leave - to retain the 120 day sick leave accrual amount
instead of the 150 day limit proposed. The payout upon retirement would
remain at 40 days, not 50 as proposed.
7.10.1(j( The Committee endorsed the sick leave bonus provision.
8.2.3 grievance Procedure - Council level. The Committee discussed this
topic at length and asked Bob to survey other communities to see whether a
separate Personnel Board/Appeals Board arrangement is used instead of a
Council Committee and what the benefit/ limitations of such an arrangement
would be.
9.6 Nepotism. The Committee agreed with the languageas presented.
Bob indicated that as seem as the survey work was completed onvcation,
exempt compensatory time and appeal boards, he would meet again with the
Committee to review the findings.
Committee adjourned at 6:30 p.m