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<br />Councilmember Jeffrey stated that there is something called exception reporting for time <br />reporting. He stated that this assumes that everyone is at 80 hours unless there is something <br />turned in that said they took a day of vacation or four hours of sick. time. He stated that this is <br />fairly common in the workplace. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that he wonders if employees are productive for their entire 80 hours. He <br />stated that he feels this is something that needs discussion sooner rather than later and suggested <br />that this be discussed by the Personnel Committee in greater detail. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated that he feels this is directly related to budget issues. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that he thinks it may be a good thing to look at accommodating the Oak <br />Grove payroll situation with our existing staff. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wise stated that he feels Ramsey has some advantages that these types of <br />companies, like Paychex, won't have. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that he thinks the City can accommodate what Councilmember McGlone <br />wants to accomplish and still keep it in house. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund stated that LOGIS offers the capability of handling time clocks, with our <br />current software. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated that he also did research on construction related jobs and <br />showed an example of something that can hang in pick up trucks that tracks when employers are <br />at a job site. He reiterated that he thinks the City needs to track hourly employees better than it <br />does. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey asked if there was a consensus to submit the proposal to Oak Grove for payroll <br />services. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated that he is opposed. <br /> <br />There was a consensus of all other Councilmembers to proceed with submitting a proposal to the <br />City of Oak Grove to cover their payroll services. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich asked how the Council wants to address the 2010 anticipated budget <br />shortfall. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that the Council is looking for recommendations from him on possible <br />. cuts, but to leave pblice, fire and plowing alone. He stated that, in his opinion, the City needs to <br />look at deeper cuts and things like mowing the parks may not happen as often as it does now, so <br />our parks may not look as nice for a while. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / February 3, 2009 <br />Page 10 of 15 <br />