Minutes - Council - 07/08/1976 - Special

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I felt if there were councziJ,members>onthe committee, chance to employees to brlng problems to the Personnel Councilwoman Oliphant replied that attitude toward the personnel committee is what you are referring to. .~ .ct,,_ Councilman Gorham replied Ebere were other times which he . ju"!;t '$hrugged off and took as constr~tive criticism. Councilwoman Oliphant asked if he had a poor attitude toward businesses and zoning and getting theIll','in line. ,....' Councilman Gorham said ordinances are drawn up to be the law of the fJi,ty and I had a feeling he had poor attitude on them and he did not agree with them so he did not enforce them. Councilwoman Oliphant: Are you saying he blatently did not enforce ordinances~ Councilman Gorham: I felt his attitude was wrong, I never said he was b.1atently not enforcing ordinances. He could have brought us examples of how they could be rewritten to be better if he did not agree with them. Mr. Walker as an adul t has a job to do and when we gi ve him direction to get the Job done we feel he should go 'out and show us that he can get the job done, then it reappears again that he has ~ poor attitude. .. Councilwoman Oliphant: That is iniative. Councilman Reimann saia she could call it whatever word she Councilman Mickelson: Would like to hear input ci tizen if they have anything to say. Mr. Walker Mr. Walker said he would say nothing to put him on the defensive,butpositive things he has accomplished since his tenure with the City.trom January 1 to the present time, he has attended 48 meetings'averagingtwo. a week , '2.16 hours, 27 full 8 hour days, or 5 weeks work. This is after hours, which is 40 hours during the week. Published ~eting agendas. Took minutes at most meetings. Personally WXqte minutes by the next meeting. Since 4/1/76, made 147 inspections, averaging 4 per day. 11 public hearings that he was in charge ofsincethel.st of the year. Legal documents which has been planned and schedul~dsothat they were documented and in the paper. Averages seven phone calls per day. So that during this period of time public contact is quite evident. Conducted the special election with specific duties as Clerk, designed ballots, posted ballots, posted election, took care of judges during the day, prepared and published the newsletter, personally issued 75 assessment searches which takes up time during the day, correspondence file .' that is quite full, so you can see I have done quite a bit there, .resolutions and, (.>rdinance have been written, review of plats, coordination of plats with the Planning & Zoning Commission. . Some of his broader accomplishments which. have never been discussed verbally by the Council:. 1976 Budget which he . prepared and predicted ,a 7 . 7 mil1r~te which we are fOllowing. All employees, department headsa.r,e aware of the accounting system, he set up a completely new accounting system On which he had compliments from the last City he worked for. Merle or the Chief can come in and ask- at any time and know how much m?ney is left and can manage day to day activities at a high degree of efficiency. Revenue Sharing was increased $9,913 this year through his negotiations equating census figures. He found a mistake on State Aid when he received the first payment and when he received it the first letter indicated $41,776.27, after research, he managed to get it up to $48,348.77 increased by $6,572.50, ($16,485.50) (enough to pay my salary for the year). He said he airivedhere at the start of the 153rd Street Project, contacted the attorney as we did not have the easements yet and indicated to him that he would take care of acquisition of easements and contacted each person out there. We did accomplish the ease- ments. Time cards for all employees were initiated. A receipt system on a number basis and purchase orders were set up. Insurance program, he said he contacted numerous agents for comprehensive quoting and managed a $48.40 a month savings to the City and provided a benefit to the City employees. He has licensed 68 contractors, 1 liquor establishment, 25 businesses, and issued 6 cigarette licenses.