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Last Updated: Dec 7th, 2009 - 12:53:29 |
When the news of Bob Allen’s retirement from Allerton’s city crew was released followed by an advertisement to hire, 22 in-dividuals applied for his job.
Council members and Mayor Doug Downs will soon begin interviews to hire Allen’s replacement.
When the council met Dec. 3 they looked over the final draft of the employee handbook. While discussing it with Danny Stewart, water and sewer superintendent, they decided to rewrite the comp time section. It had been set up in the new handbook to use comp time before the first of the year or lose the credit.
During the winter, the crew comes in during the night to start clearing the streets when there has been a heavy snow. After discussion, it was decided to let all city employees carry over 40 hours of comp time into the new year. Breaks were discussed and it was decided when the heat of summer drives the temperature up, exceptions can be made.
In January the council will set the holiday schedule for employees, along with grounds for termination. Every employee will receive the handbook and sign a paper for the files acknowledging they received and read the handbook. The present handbook goes into effect Dec. 7.
It was noted the city will pay Allen’s insurance through January when he plans to retire. He thanked them and then said he wanted to say Wava Besco did a great job mowing the cemetery. “You’ll never get anybody who does a better job for those wages,” he said.
Downs said he realized that and would work with her to solve any problems she might encounter with transportation.
New Restrooms
Terry Jones won the contract to gut and rebuild both restrooms in the Centennial Building. He will start Jan. 1 and be completed Jan. 31.
Jones came to the meeting to have council members make some choices. He again described the bladder-type stools versus the standard model. Consensus was to go with American Standard when it was learned it can be serviced in town while the bladder-type must be replaced if it malfunctions.
Jones brought a sampling of floor covering but it was decided to wait to choose one until the color of the stall dividers are chosen. The men on the council deferred to the women to make that color decision.
Other business
Council members
• heard the firemen must get physicals done immediately or risk premiums going up 15 percent. Earlier it was thought they had a time frame to do this.
• decided to rewrite the junk ordinance to say a fully enclosed structure is required to house cars and other junk.
• discussed the library in the Centennial Building and Downs offered to replace the ceiling tile. “That’s my profession,” he said., Downs mentioned he might know a source to get ceiling tiles donated. It was also noted the outside library door needs a large drop slot for book returns.
• agreed to ticket Terry Eiler for a car seemingly abandoned and parked on Niagara Street.
• learned the new double doors for the Centennial Building are painted and ready to hang.
• looked through the bills and questioned costs for cleaning the Civic Center. However, Jan Hysell, city clerk, said the building had been rented 11 times during the month, which accounted for the cleaning hours.
• set the next meeting for Jan. 5 at 6:15 p.m.
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