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Council Minutes of 8/17/93 6) The Fire Department made 240 runs during July, which is an all-time high. Even though July was a busy month aryl many people were on vacation, the Fire Department only incurred 18 hours of overtime. The Fire Department has done a very good job of keeping a cap ors overtime. 7) The Board of Control has approved the sale of various equip~yent which had been purchased during the 198fl's aaod had never been titled. While doing the paper- work, another vehicle (trailer) which had never been titled was discovered. The total cost of all eight untitl~±ci vehicles was $lbi,147. 8) Two students working with cur summer youth e~ployment training program, Tim Kuhn 'and Mark Madden, have received awards for their work from the Cuyahoga County Commissioners. 9) Homecc~t.ng will be celebrated August 26 through August 29, and the theme this year is "North Olmsted is Where the heart Is." 10) City Hall and L e~loyees have raised $500 to help the United Cerebral Palsy Association and the mid west flood victims. Empployees participated in two "casual days" by paying $5 for the privilege of dressing casually. 11) Some time ago, we held an et~loyee recognition ceremony honoring city employees with 20 or more years service. The Mayor presented a clock to the following four people who could not atterxi the ceremony: Coil President Boehmer, Council Member Beringer, Safety Director Gundy and Wastewater Treatment Plant Supt. Crider. They were recognized by Council, the A~dnistration and the audience. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) At the last Council meeting, he had indicated that we were going to have a hearing on a preliminary injunction regarding the AFSCME grievance with respect to Mr. Hootman. Since that tame, we have had two sessions attempting to resolve our differences with the union. The court has continued the temporary restraining order until October to allow time to resolve some of the differences.. One of the problems with respect to that particular grievance is when an employee is hired in the city, the first 90 days are probationary. If there is no Civil Service list and we must go out of the city to fill the position, a provisional employee is appointed. If a Civil Service test is given within the first six months of employment, the perm must take the test and score within the top three. However, the employee bectxaes a union member after the 90-day probationary period--aryl that presents the problem. A meeting with. the Civil Service Commission will tae held on Thursday in an effort to see if we can't coordinate the rules of the Commission regarding those kinds of appointments. At the same time, we are attesting to work with the union to extend their probationary period to six months from 90 days. 2) On Thursday, an arbitration hearing will be held with regard to the issue of premium pay in the Service Department. The issue concerns premium pay for Class A laborers who are assigned to supervisory duties for more than four hours. Premium pay has been and paid to workers who have not supervised but have run equipment that falls within that classification. This practice was eliminated after negotiation of the last contract, and this has caused a grievance to be filed. 3) Has submitted a list of preferred arbitrators for the grievance filed by Pat Scott with respect to her right to bump into the Bookkeeper A position in the Finance Department. 4) Tomorrow morning will attend a pre-trail hearing on the Halleen Chevrolet appeal with respect to the use of the former Partner's Lounge property as a used car dealership. 5) Will need an executive session to bring Council up-to-date with respect to matters dealing with the U. S. EPA. 2