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01q.l, e 4/29/69 Mr. Wingard withdrew his second. Mr. Jim Curtis, fireman, said he had worked ten years for the Fire Department, and he was very dis- ~P9inted that what had been promised to them at last'nights meeting did not seem to be material- izing. Mr. Gribskov said he felt they had achieved parity by starting out with a low equal to the police and going to a high equaling that requested. Mr. Flynn again outlined the firefighters request.: Mr. McMahon said he had met with the Fire Chief and informed him of the decision of the Council and the Chief had accepted the position .that the firefighters proposal for parity had been accepted. The Fire Chief has said he supported it. Mrs. Beal said she would go along with Mrs. Haywards motion, but would hope during the next twelve months that a s~stem be worked out so that a fireman doesn't have to stop at two points below that which a policeman stops at. The firemen should be given a chance to progress in the range of police in the present level.0 Mrs. Hayward felt this should be discussed between the administration and the Fire Chief.. e A vote was taken on the main motion. Mr. Mohr voted no. The motion carried. Mr. Mohr explained his vote by addressing Mrs. Hayward and Mrs. Beal that the way to formalize expectation between employer and employe is through a written contract that makes solid hope, in terms of judicial unity. Mr. Mohr hoped not one more minute would be spent in collective bargaining. 1 Mr. Wingard felt it might' be appropriate to go back to the motion for arbitration and get these things defined so that, at least, the firemen will know the Council is not going any farther in defining these slots. Mr. Wingard moved that a committee formed of three people, with ;an outside arbitrator, be formed to decide which numbers go into those slots. This will not be done for this budget year, but this' material should be available and ready for the next years budget meetings. Mr. Mohr asked for a ruling on that-motion~ It would establish a system or policy outside the purview of the City Council to determine. The City Council is not allowed to participate in personnel administration policy. He judged the motion out of order on that grounds. II The motion died for lack of a second. I At this point Mr. Wingard left the meeting. I II Committee meeting held April 16, 1969. j I t I I I I COMMITTEE REPORTS Present: Mayor Anderson; Councilmen Hayward, Purdy, Beal, Teague, Gribskov and Mohr; City Manager and'staff; and others. I -1. Items from Mayor and Council a~ Air Pollution Legislation - Mayor Anderson thanked the many people who cooperated with the hearing at Salem Tuesday, and said he had received a number of favorable comments on the hearing. He thanked Council members who made the trip, and Mrs. Beal who coor~ dinated the effort. He also thanked students who attended the meeting and Cottage Grove and Springfield for their support. e Mrs. Hayward moved ,seconded by Mr. McDonald that Item la of the Committee report be received and placed on file. Motion carried. b. Council Representative, Joint Housing - Due to conflicts, Mayor Anderson finds it difficult to attend meetings, and asked the Council to consider a replacement. He will attend when possible, but has nominated Ivan Gribskov to be Council representative. I I II II /1 II II Mrs. Hayward moved 1;leconded by Mrs. Beal that the Council appoint Ivan Gribskov Council representative to the Joint Housing Committee. Motion'carried. c. Ruling on Council Request for Administrative Reports - Mr. Mohr distributed a memorandum to the Council, which he read to those present. He questioned the Mayor's ruling at a previous meeting on the matter of individual council member's requests f~r reports from the Administration. Means of access to information should not be dependent on a majority vote. Such a restriction would jeopardize a basic princip~l of Council govern- ment. Mr. Mohr moved seconded by Mrs. Hayward that members of the Council may .request reports and make requests for informatlon from the administrat~on directly. 1 ~ Mayor Anderson said this may have been a matter of an interpretation of the difference between reports and information and asking for a decision from the City Manager. The request related to a decision from the Manager as to what he would do in a particular instance. As far as reports and information are concerned, the Mayor thinks any Council member, -individually or collectively, has the right to go to the Manager and request r.eports and information. He does not feel they have the right to request -pi-m.- to come .4/29/69 - 2 e