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Council Minutes of 4/1J2003 should be done at no additional cost. Mayor Musial said he would look into whether the monies that are left will take care of another pass through the streets. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive ^ Expressed thanks for Resolution 2003-59 in support of the troops in Iraq. ^ Suggested that whoever is responsible for marketing Springvale contact the schools as the school's annual foundation golf outing is gong to be held at Columbia Hills Country Ciub. He feels the schools should be supporting Springvale as residents pay salaries of school employees and the Council supported their recent levy. They are taking the money out of the city and spending it someplace else. He is offended by that. Finance Director Copfer noted that the school foundation golf outing has been at Columbia Hills for at least five years. She doesn't disagree with Mr. Pangrac, but is noting that it is not lost business but is potential future business. Councilman Dailey suggested the Chamber of Commerce should be contacted as their golf outing is held at Dorland Golf Course. Law Director Dubelko said he wanted to respond to Mr. Dial's comments. He doesn't want to sit silently and have there be a suggestion that somehow either himself, Mrs. Copfer or Mrs. Farver has a vested interest in preserving the existing comp time system. Their concerns about changing it and dealing with it legislatively have nothing to do with a vested interest. He doesn't have any comp time, nor does Mrs. Copfer. He knows Mrs. Farver too well to know that would be a concern for her. As an administrative point, they started the issue back in July or August of 2002. They are interested in having a better system, making the government better. Anything they are doing is not motivated by a vested inrterest. He doesn't know where Mr. Dial is getting his information, but his immediate subordinate has only 14 hours of accumulated comp time. Mrs. Copfer said she does know where that comes from either. Mr. Dial said that there was a rumor, in the Law Director's case, that without being able to give some of his key people substantial amounts of comp time, he cannot give them competitive pay. Mr. Dubelko said he wished to quell that rumor. Mr. O'Malley was more than happy to come to work for the Law Department. He works hard. He gets comp time only if he works evening meetings. He expects him to be there 40 hours during the week. He accumulates very small amounts of comp time and uses them within a relatively short period of time. There is no provision for him cashing out any of the comp time, and they look at it very carefully. He currently has 14 hours Mr. Dial asked if it was true that people are accumulating comp time at time and a half and Mrs. Copfer's people are doing it only at straight time. Mr. Dubeiko said it was untrue. Mr. Dial reiterated his belief that it should all be put out on the table and have everybody say exactly what they're doing. Mr. Dubelko said that is why he wanted to address it. Mr. Dailey said he believes what is being discussed is more flex time rather than comp time. Mr. O'Malley is not being paid anything above and beyond his regular salary just adjusting hours accordingly. Mr. Miller said he agrees, because of rumors that are out there and for the sake of good government, issues need to be laid out and openly discussed and resolved. Mayor Musial was he wanted there to be a clear understanding that none of the elected officials get any comp time. Mrs. Copfer agreed with Mr. Dubelko's comments that the administration started talking about comp time back last summer. It was addressed several times in past years, and they tried to understand all the different ways that people were doing it. That's why the administration did make an effort and tried to document a policy that evaluates all of it and puts it down 9