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Home My WebLink About1973-01-22 (Special) Meeting Minutes566 CXlJNCIL ClfAMBERS CI'IY OF E?Gil{X)D, OOI.ORAOO JANUARY 22, 1973 SPECIAL m:'1'0C: The City Comcil of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, met in special sessial al January 22, 1973, at 8:05 P.M. The following ''Notice of Call" was read by the Mayor. tCI'I(}; OF CAIL BY nm MAYOR FOR A SPECIAL SESSIOO OF nm CI1Y CXXJNCIL M:NllAY, J.AtlJARY 22, 1973 8:00 P.M. 'nle City Council of the City of EnglEY>Od, Arapahoe County, Colorado, is hereby called to a special meeting at the City Hall, 3400 So. Elati Street, to consider an ordinance regarding service and other charges for sanitary sewage services and to give further consideratial to tw proposed bills for ordinances ifrl>lementing a charter amenctnent regarding enployee rela- tials. /s/ Stanley H. Dial STANLEY H. DIAL City Manager SHD:dfl ~a.tm' OF RECEIPT OF tCI'I(}; 'nle following persalS, all Council Menbers of the City of EnglEY>Od, do hereby ackmwledge receipt of notice of the above special sessial: /s/ Miltoo E. Senti /s/ Paul Blessing /s/ Dallas Dhority /s/ Werner Schnackenberg /s/ Howard R. Brown /s/ Elmer E. Schwab Notice of the special sessial was also given to Council'WOOlal'l Herming, who was not in attendance at the meeting. present: Mayor Senti, presiding, called the meeting to order. The Mayor asked for roll call. lJp<Xl the call of the roll, the following '1tTere Council Meni>ers Senti, Blessing, lllority, Schnackenberg, Br<Ml. Absent: Council Menbers Schwab, Heming. The Mayor declared a quorun present. Also present were: City Manager Dial City Attorney Berardini Director of Finance Nollenberger * * * * * Councilman Schwab entered the room at 8:06 P.M. * * * * * City Manager Dial began a discussial of the proposed ordinances al charter anendnent ifrl>lementing the labor relatialS ordinance. He stated that the draft had been revised by the City Attorney after discussial with the various City eq>loyee groups. City Attorney Berardini stated that the effective date for terns of the Board of Career Service c.onmlssiooers will be April 1st under the new ordinance. The ordinance is schedlled for introductial al February 5th, with second passage al February 20th. Council may want to consider a public hearing in conjunction with the ordinance. Mr. Robert Dufty appeared before Council as an attorney representing the eq>loyee organizatialS. He stated that the enployee groups had very few objectialS to the bill itself. There is ally cne major area in which they disagreed with the proposed bill and did not feel it cooplied with the intent of the labor relatialS amen<tnent. It was their belief that the City needed a stroog independent Board of Career Service. The only staff available to the Board of Career Service under the proposed ordinance is the Persamel Director however, the bill allows the City Manager to appoint and fire the Persanel Director. 'llle PersaEel Director needs to report directly to the Board of Career Service in order to be an equitable system. 'lbe E!lll>loyees need sanecne they can go to in order to get a fair shake. I I I I .I I I I -2- City Manager Dial stated the Councilwanan Henning had a conflict this evening and could not attend the Council meeting, but would welcome separate information coming to her fran the enployee groups. City Attorney Berardini stated that the way the bill is currently written is consistent with the way the current organizational pattern is set up. r.ouncilman Brown stated that he did not feel that the erq>loyees need to have scmeone who is independent of the City Manager in order to get a fair shake. Attorney Dufty stated that the Board needs a perscn wh:> can talk with both sides in order to get an inpartial viewpoint to present to the Board. Councilman Dhority inquired as to the duties of the Persamel Director. City Manager Dial stated that they were the acini.nistration of the rules and regulations, advisor to the City Manager and staff, Safety Director for the City and the training of officer for the City. r.ouncilman Blessing stated that the Board is an inpartial jury and he saw oo need for a COlll>letely iJll>artial persamel director. Attorney Dufty stated that the Board will not be making a decision in a vacu.Jll, but rather will make their decision based on the input which comes to them. For this reascn, the Persanel Director should be an iJll>artial third party. City Manager Dial stated that the persamel job in the City of F.nglerwood is a myriad of cbties since the pure persamel function would probably rot justify a director. He d i d not feel that a full time position under the Board would be justifiable. He drew parallels to other Boards and Comnissions in the City w00 have final decisicn making power and yet have a staff advisor wh:> reports to the City Manager. He stated that the problem of supervision is an iq>ortant ooe. 'Die Board of Career Service will meet intennittenly, perhaps twice a nrnth, and would not be able to effectively supervise the Persamel Director. '!he Persamel Director will have to be i.npartial to sane degree, but at the same time he will serve as a negotiator for the City's side during bargaining. Attorney Dufty stated that the parallels drawn were not consistent with the new Board of Career Service and that the wh>le electicn and amendnent process was dedicated to fairness which he did not feel was being upheld by the new ordinance. He questioned the aDDUnt of time which ~d be involved in the acini.nistraticn of persamel by a Persamel Director under Career Service. Persamel Director Murphy stated that he thought it could be a full-time job, but wh> the Persanel Director reported to was rather irrelevant, as long as they are an indiviciJal of high integrity. r.ouncilman Sclnackenberg stated that perhaps a conpran:i.se situatioo would be that of the City Manager appointing the Persamel Director with a najority of the Board approving it. r.ouncil deferred further discussion on these ordinances until the meeting of February 5th. * * * * * Director of Utilities Cllarles Carroll was present to discuss a Bill for an Ordinance regarding service and other charges for sanitary sewage services. He stated that, although provision was made in the Bill for hotels within the City of Englewood, oo such hotels actually existed. CD\mcilman SclMab inquired as to '1t'hy there was a difference in the rates for hotels and nx>tels. Hr. Carroll stated that the system of charging had grown up over a period o f time and could easily justify conplete revision, which time had not been allocated to as of yet. r.ouncilman Dhority stated that he felt the hotel classification should be DDVed up to the nx>tel cateWJry. CilJNCll.MAN SCllJAB MJVED AND CWNCIU1AN SCliNAO<ENBERG SECnIDFD A MJI'IOO 'ID AMEND 'lHE ORDINANO: ro MJVE 'lHE IUI'EL ClA5SIFICATIOO mro PARAGRAPH 2' AL(H; wrm 'lHE M'.Jl'ELS. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Nays : Absent: Council Menber Set.lab, Sclmackenberg, Ihority, Brown, Blessing. Senti. Nale. Council Menber Henning. * * * * * CilJNCll.MAN SCllJAB MJVED AND ~CIU1AN IH)RI'IY SECllIDED A MJI'IOO 'ID An.JCJ.Jm 'lHE HfErlt«;. Upcn the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Nays: Absent: Council Menbers Set.lab, Schnackenberg, Ihority, Brown, Blessing, Senti. Nooe. Council Menber Henning. nie Mayor declared the mtion carried, and the meeting was adjourned at 9: 13 P .M. /sf Karl Nollenberger ex officio Clerk of the C.Ouncil 567