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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-12-10-96~'ON City of Carmel CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1996 -- 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE Meeting Called to Order Recognition of Citizens/Employees Who Wish to Address the Council Old Business a. Second Reading Ordinance D-1261-96/An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article 3, Division II of the City Code Regarding Longevity; Human Resources Director Barb Lamb b. Resolution CC-12-02-96-03/Resolution Excepting Certain Employees from Ordinance D-1261-96 Regarding Longevity; Human Resources Director Barb Lamb c. Second Reading Ordinance D-1262-96/An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article 3, Division II, Section 2- 50 of the City Code Regarding Overtime; Human Resources Director Barb Lamb d. Second Reading Ordinance D-1263-96/An Ordinance Approving a Transition Plan for Civilian Employees of the Carmel Police and Fire Departments; Human Resources Director Barb Lamb Announcements 4. Adjournment ONE CIVIC SQUARE CAP, MEL, INDIANA 46032 317/571-2400 CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1996 -- 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQU~uRE Me~oers present: Mayor Brainard; Councilors Kirby, Miller, Battreall, Rundle, Snyder, Carter and Walker. Clerk-Treasurer Cordray and Chief Deputy Wolf also attended. Mayor Brainard called the meeting to order at 4:34 p.m. OLD BUSINESS: Mayor Brainard introduced Ordinance D-1261-96/An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article 3, Division II of the City Code Regarding Longevity. Councilor Battreall moved to amend the paragraph written under item III in the ordinance to read as follows: ~Should an employee have an interruption in employment of ninety (90) or fewer calendar days, the employee shall be entitled to full credit for service prior to the interruption. After an interruption of more than ninety (90) calendar days, a returning employee shall be treated as a new employee for purposes of calculating vacation time earned and shall not receive credit for prior service." Councilor Miller seconded. HUman Resources Director Barb Lamb explained the purpose of the amendment was to remove the word "continuous." All councilors voted AYE. The amendment was approved 5-0. Councilors Kirby and Snyder were not yet present. All councilors voted AYE to approve the amended ordinance. The amended ordinance was approved 5-0. Mayor Brainard introduced Resolution CC-12-02-96-03/A Resolution Excepting Certain Employees from Ordinance D-1261-96. Bonnie Callahan, a Street Department employee, stated the resolution should apply to all employees--including those with interruptions in service of more than a year--instead of just seven employees. She stated she didn't think it was fair to exclude a handful of employees because the one year break point was arbitrarily chosen. Councilor Kirby arrived. Ms. Lamb stated the one year cut off point was chosen because of precedent set by the last council. Councilor Rundle and Ms. Lamb discussed the ordinance to clarify the wording. Councilor Miller moved to include all employees in the resolution whose circUmstances were not remedied by ordinance D-1261-96, including those with interruptions of service of more than one year. Councilor Carter seconded. Ms. Lamb stated the payroll records were not very clear from the mid 1980's and earlier, so she was not comfortable giving an exact figure of how many employees would be affected by the amended resolution until she had done more research. Councilor Snyder and Clerk-Treasurer Cordray arrived at the meeting. Mayor Brainard called for a vote on the amendment. Six members voted AYE. Councilor Snyder abstained. The amendment was approved 6-0. Mayor Brainard then called for a vote on the resolution. All members voted AYE. The amended resolution was approved 7-0. Mayor Brainard introduced Ordinance D-1262-96/An Ordinance Regarding Overtime Compensation. The mayor stated it had been amended during the first reading at the previous council meeting, and that it should have been listed as so on the agenda. Employees speaking regarding the ordinance were: Eric Ehlers, liaison to the administration for the Fire Department, opposed John DufEy, Utilities Manager, opposed Tim Green, Asst. Chief of Police, opposed John Etter, Major for the Police Department, opposed Councilor Snyder stated that in 1993 a similar ordinance came up for discussion, but the council decided it wasn't fair to change the overtime policy. Ms. Lamb stated the issue of sick time abuse should be researched regardless of whether the council chose to pass the ordinance. She stated several department heads had come to her because some employees had been abusing the sick time policy. Councilor Carter called for the question. No members voted AYE. The resolution was defeated 0-7. Mayor Brainard introduced Ordinance D-1263-96/An Ordinance Approving a Transition Plan for Civilian Employees of the Carmel Police and Fire Departments. No one from the public wished to speak. Ms. Lamb stated the changes affected only benefits. All members voted AYE. The ordinance was approved 7-0. The meeting was adjourned at 5:39 p.m. Re~~.bm' tted, Attest:~~~