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Council Minutes of 11/19/2002 Commission, he supported a suggestion by the Fire Fighter union president Jay Power which requested legislation to empower the Charter to mandate that Type I Civil Service employees be city workers-fire fighters, police. The legislation never got off the ground, but he still supports that. He believes city workers do a better job than outsourcing. There is no profit involved. He wants to see city workers taking care of city grounds-he wants them to be employed. Stefan Powell, 23840 Ambour Drive, there seemed to be a misunderstanding. The employees never, ever complained about doing work. The reason why that was brought up and his question was: were city people allowed to work at Springvale? They never complained about working there, they asked to do more. There were trees cleared at Springvale, and they asked to do that but it was not given to them. He doesn't think any city worker ever complained about doing work. If you ask hirn, there were many jobs that they asked to do, but the foremen that were overseeing them did not want the responsibility of overseeing the work. Mr. Miller directed his comments to the Mayor and also asked that the Mayor impress upon his directors the comments made by several current and former employees. They have poured out their hearts. They have worked for the city for a long time and have worked hard. He would hope that neither through memos or the layoff process that there be any intimidation or retaliation toward these employees. Law Director Dubelko said there is no evidence of that going on in the city. If there was, he certainly would step in to provide appropriate counsel on that. President of Council O'Grady called a short recess at 10:45 p.m. Council reconvened at 10:58 p.m. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2002-140 introduced by Councilwoman Kasler was given its third reading. An ordinance amending Section 161.08 of the Administrative Code, entitled "Military Leave Benefits," in order to extend the time period, during which permanent city employees called up to military duty pursuant to executive order of the President or Act of Congress are entitled to continue to receive base pay differential and health care insurance benefits, from one (1) year to a maximum of five (5) years, and declaring an emergency as amended. Councilwoman Kasler moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau. Roll call: Kasler, yes; Gareau, yes; Limpert, yes, commenting that he contacted the Police Chief and was assured that they are accomplishing this without incurring additional budgeted costs for the department. Roll call continued: McKay, yes; Dailey, yes; Miller, yes; Nashar, yes. Ordinance No. 2002-140 adopted. 22 __