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r28 e 1 ,/ 12/57 :~_ ___~ ._~._....._ ____.-_.~.__ __~_____.____~ ~-T-';.~::---=-_._- - ---- - - -. --- ----- ._----~-----~-----------_._--------- ------------ - -- -- - --..- ~ - -. - -. -....'._..--.-."..- . --- - ---. -~.- -- - -~ - . - .- - -.- -. ---- - --- ... "' ..-'----0-_ __._~,______~__ ~ ___ ___._ - -. - ~- -" . --- -- --- -- - --- --. -- - - ~--_._- - ---- - - --- ----.:.- -~~-- -~'-:":::-;'- :-;;:._---r-~_-_-_ -~-~-_-:::.-:_~~._- -__~.:::. ~_. ------,.----.-.- -..----_. .~- - - .- .,.- --q . - - -- ._-.-- -- -. --- . THERE WAS NO FORMAL ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTER OF THE RENEWAL OF I LICENSE APPLICATION BY BOB'S SUPERETTE NOR WITH RESPECT TO THE WHOLE SUBJECT , OF THE "DRY ZONE" AROUND THE UNIVERSITY AREA." ! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. SHISLER THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED I AND PLACED ON FILE. MOT ION' CARR I ED. I I I A REPORT OF THE CO~MITTE~ MEE~I~G HELD O~ NOVEMBER 6, 1957 - RE: 56-HOUR DUTY WEEK FOR FIREMEN WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN HARTMAN AND EDMUNDS; BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS CRUMBAKE~, VATER AND CHRISTENSEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY I i ATTORNEY; FIRE CHIEF; ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. j I I 56-HOUR DUTY WEEK FOR FIREMEN - A S~B-COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF THE SAFETY COMMI~TEE' , OF THE COUNCIL AND THREE FREEHOLDER MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE CITY I MET TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT OF A 56-HOUR DUTY WEEK FOR FIREMEN. CHIEF SMITH OF e t THE EUGENE FI RE DEPARTMENT EXPLA I NED THE PROPOSAL: TO REDUCE THE WORK I NG HOURS I , FOR FIREMEN OF THE EUGENE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM 72 HOURS TO 56 HOURS PER WEEK AND I INDICATED SUCH A WORK HOUR REDUCTION COULD BE MADE 'WITH THE PRESENT STAFF. THE METHOD OF REDUCING THE WORK WEEK WOULD BE TO INSTITUTE A THREE SHIFT SECTION TO REPLACE THE CURRENT TWO SHIFT SEC-TION WITH THE WORK HOURS UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM TO BE 24 HOURS ON AND 48 HOURS OFF. IT WAS FURTHER E~PL~INED THAT ADDITIONAL I SUPERV I SORY PERSONNEL WOULD BE NECESSARY SINCE ONE ADDTT 10NAL' SH" F~ WOULD HAVE TO I 1 BE MAINTAINED AND STAFFED. I ! IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT TO PROVIDE' A 56-HOUR DUTY WEEK FOR FIREMEN WITHIN PRE- I I SENT BUDGETARY LIMITATIONS, CERTA I N CONCESS IONS WERE NECES'SARY FROM THE EMPLOYEES I , OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THESE C~NCESSI~NS ARE ~ GIVING tip ~F AREL~~VEbvACATION 1 I I SCHEDULE AND THE SUBSTITUTION OF RELIEVED VACATIONS WHERE PERSONNEL CURRENTLY IN THE DEPARTMENT WOULD' WORK AN ADDITIONAL SH I F.T WH I LE SOMEONE WAS ON VACATlON;LI KE- I WISE IT ALSO MEANS THAT THE PAID HOLIDAYS WHICH THE FIRE DEPARTME~~ IS CURRENTLY I ! ENJOYING WOULD HAVE TO BE GIVEN UP BECAUSE OF LACK OF MANPOWER. IT WAS FURTHER 1 EXPLAINED THAT THE PERSONNEL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,WERE WILLING TO DO THIS AS A .1 I MEANS OF GETTING THE 56-HOUR DUTY WEEK INTO OPERATION, BUT THEY HOPED THAT WITHIN , j A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, UP TO FIVE YEARS, ADDITIONAL: PERSONNEL COULD BE HIi~ED- I , WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE NECESSITY FOR RELIEVING EACH OTHERS VACATION PERIODS AND I I THE NECESSITY 'FOR GIVING UP THE PAID HOLIDAYS. I FOR THE BALANCE OF THE I 1957-58 FISCAL PERIOD FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT t THIS PROGRAM SINCE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES HAVE TERMINATED AND HAVE BEENRE- I PLACED BY LESSER ~AID EMPLOYEES. FOR THE BUDGET YEAR 1958-59 IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE ADD I T 10NAL COST BASED ON ,THE NUMBER 'OF PERSONNEL EMPLOYED IN THE FIRE , I DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME AND AT CURRENT SALARIES WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $2600. IF I ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WERE TO BE EMPLOYED TO RELIEVE VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS AND ASSUMtNG THAT THREE SUCH PEOPLE MIGHT BE EMPLOYED EACH YEAR FOR A THREE YEAR 1 PER 100, THE ADDED COST FOR THE FIRST YEAR ,WOULD BE APPRO~IMATELY $14,000,. OR A NET TOTAL COST FOR A ONE YtAR PERIOD FOR NINE EXTR~ EMPLOYEES OF APPROXIMATELY I I $45,000. I I THERE WAS A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE WORKING HOUR SITUATION AS FOUND IN THE CITY I ,OF EUGENE AND AS. FOUND IN A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND IN I THE UN I TED STATE:S,. AND IT WAS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED THAT THE 56-HOUR DUTY WEEK FOR I FIREMEN IS BECOMING MORE GENERALLY ADOPTED. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AS TO THE. I PROPRIETY OF FIREMEN WORKING WHEN THEY ARE OFF SHIFT AS WELL AS TO THEIR AVAIL~ I ABILITY TO BE CALLED BACK IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR FIRE. IT WAS EXP~AINED THAT IT e j WAS PROPOSED, IF THE GROUP WERE IN AGREEMENT,[HE PLAN MIGHT BE PUT INTO OPERATION I ON JANUARY I, 1958 AND IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WOULD BE I NSUFF I C lENT 'EV I DENCE AS TO THE PLAN'S' WOR:KABILITY FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO PROPERLY EVALUATE IT WHEN I THEY ARE IN BUDGET SESSION DURING THE SPRING Of 1958, AND THAT THE PLAN SHOULD I PROBABLY BE TRIED FOR AN EIGHTEEN MONTH PERIOD. 1 I No FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO THE 56-HOUR DUTY WEE~ WAS MADE. IT WAS, I HOWEVER, GENERALLY AGREED THAT THE CITY ~ANAGER SHOULD HAVE AUTHORITY TO INSTI- I I TUTE THE PLAN ON JANUARY I, 195B WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS NO OBLIGA- I TION TO FUTURE BUDGET COMMITTEES TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CONTINUE THE PLAN OR TO PRO- VIDE FUNDS TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL .SO THAT THE FIREMEN.COUlD HAVE RELIEVED I VACATIONS AND HOLIDJl.Y PERIODS." I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. H~RTMAN SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE REPORT 'OF THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED I AND THE CITY MANAGER BE URGED TO INSTITUTE THE 56-HOUR DUTY WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY I , 195B. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMAN SHISLER VOTING NAY. I i I A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 1957 - RE: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - REQUEST I FOR VARIANCE'TOALLOW ART CENTER WITH ART CLASS INSTRUCTION IN R-3 ZONE ON PROPERTY AT 531 WEST 13TH I AVENUE; REQUEST FOR ZONE CHANGE FROM RATO C-I ENTERED BY ROY CROWE, ET 'AL, TO I~CLUDE PROPERTY ON I BOTH SIDES OF 18TH AVENUE FROM CHAMBERS ~O GARFIELD STREET, ALL FOOR CORNERS OF GARFIELD AND 18TH, AND I BOTH SIDES OF GARFIELD STREET NORTH FROM 18TH AVENUE TO AMAZON CREEK; RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING I COMMISSION CONCERNING THE REZONING OF LOTS 3 TO 7, BLOCK 2; LIZZIE LUCKEY ADDITION, FROM CR TO C-3P, ! BEING WEST SIDE OF WILLAMETTE STREET FROM TWO LOTS SOUTH OF 18TH AVENUE TO 19TH AVENUE; REQUEST FOR - \ I , i I' ~. I :1