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I It was consensus of Council that the information Mr. Porter was going to distribute should be sent out of the City Manager1s Office 4IIJ on behalf of the City Council, thereby denoting their position. Mr. Porter noted it appears that an establishment of a separate port district for this area might be in conflict with the 1990 Plan and the statement of community goals. B. Metro Wastewater Service District--Betty Smith reported at 9:15 this morning, Lane County Commissioners by a 3:0 vote officially approved setting up the wastewater service district. She noted the formation of this district had been five and one-half years in the process and it was hoped this would be a major step forward in cooperative agree- ments between the local jurisdictions. C. AFSCME Local 1724 Tentative Agreement--Gary Long, Personnel Director, said the City had reached a tentative agreement in contract talks for a three-year contract with the Local 1724 for an 8.2 percent general wage adjustment in the first year and a cost of living formula for second and third year wage adjustments. The proposed contract also provides for special salary adjustments of several employee classifications, a vacation benefit adjustment, and improved disability coverage. Other contract improvements were in the areas of safety, grievance procedures, and union and city security provisions. The union will conduct a ratification election on the contract in early April. Mr. Long thanked John O'Connor of the Personnel Department as the City spokesperson and thanked union leadership, especially Dan Anderson, ,or the time that was spent in reaching this agreement. -- Dan Anderson, representing union Local 1724, said the union was generally pleased with the agreement. He also thanked the City staff and union members for their hard work in reaching the compro- mise. He hoped this wqu1d set the stage for continued development of positive and mature relationships between the City and the unions. He did note one concern of the union being in the area of affirmative action, with the union feeling that has not been adequately recog~ nized. He suggested the City establish some sort of tools to use that may be more effective than those in use. The union is prepared to support the staff in the mutual effort to develop such tools to reach these goals. Betty Smith responded regarding affirmative action that the City has a task force which is in the process of reviewing the programs and updating the report with comparisons from last year. She said the Council should be receiving such a report in the next two months. Manager announced he would sign the contract after the membership of the Local 1724 has ratified the contract. . 3/15/78--2 "~