Minutes - Council - 06/23/1975 - Special

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Special Meeting of Ramsey City Council June 23, ].975 ,}une 27 ~nd theft he be given one-half month's severance pay. No formal motion:; were made by the Council regarding this subject, It was further ~.~grced tic. at b~r. Steffen would be authorized to accept Mr. Thurston's reslgnat:iO~ho Mr. Cox indicated that he wanted to do whatever they could for ~'~Y. 'l'h~rston in phasing him out and that specifically, no one has any hard feelings regarding the work relationship that the City and Mr o '£hurston 'have ]had over the past six months. Mrs° Guy and her position with the City was the next topic of discussion. Mr o Cox indicated that .~[rs. Guy is of retirement age and that he does ~o~i~ want to phase her out of the immediate future. He indicated that Mrs. Guy has stated that she does desire to be phased out° }~'e further ind[icated that she ]has accepted a community commitment and that the Coral. oil has put ]her in a tough uncomfortable situation° On certain occasions J.~t has made her attitude poor in some areas° She has had no guidance a~d in this respect~ the Council has been unfair to her. She has had weekly harrassment, which isn't necessary. He indicated that we should give her a 90-day period to phase out. Mr0 Gotham sta'ced that wit] the loss of Mr. Thurs-ton and Mrs. Guy within 90 days there is a definite need for an adminis'trative assistant. Hr. Cox stated that anyone who is hired must ]have assistance as no one is capable of handling t[he full load. Mr. Gotham stated that 90 days from now we should phase out !qts. Guy and durin~ 'i~hi.~ pe-r~.od she can help the administrative assistant in learning about the city and its administration. M,r..Cox said that Mrs. Guy would be willing to do as Mr. Gorham stated. Mr, Reima~n. felt that 90 days may be too soon for Mrs° Guy to be phased out a~d perhaps 6 months would be a more appropriate period. ~4r. Steffen s'~ated '~:hat the sooner Mrs. Guy forma'tly -retires the better off she · wou~[d be a:~ regards PERA and other retirement income, tie stated that Mr'.s. Guy sl~ould check out the specifics with PERA~ 'l~ro Steffe~. then asked what is the consensus of the Council. Mr. Cox .';'i:a~:ed t]~.at Mr. Steffen should sit down with Mrs. Guy and discuss her PERA ~itua'i:ion and make recommendations to her regarding the best way to proceed. Mrs° Oliphant, Mr. Reimann, Hro Cox, Mr. Mickelson and Mr. Gotham all agreed 'ith. a'L a target date of October 1 should be set for phasing out Mrs~ Guy and her re~'cirement. Mrs~ Nelson and her position with the City was the Council's next topic of d :i,'; cu~;s ion. Mr~ Cox indicated that Mrs. Nelson was hired under CETA, thai: her · lWrOb~'i~:io~, e~d_~ August I or shortly thereafter, He wondered if she can assume'.'~hat m~.~jor role laid out for her. Mr. Steffen indicated that he doe.,; '~o'i~ know ~,~rs. Nelson well~ but felt that if she were properly <t:i.',~cc'~cd she could handle the job. She has some municipal government backg-~'om~d~ ~Ie thinks she can handle the bookkeeping, that she has never bee~ toy;ted in thi..s regard. Hr. Steffen thinks the real issue is whether o~- no-i: Mr.'~. Nelson is working out. Her role with Mrs. Guy has gotten mi×cd u.p~ but this may be because of no leadership within the City Hall s'~affin[~. Mr. Steffen doesn't see any reason not to keep he~"~ that she