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Council Minutes of 3/18/2003 • Regarding the comp time report, he commends Mrs. Copfer for cutting it quite a bit. Looking over the report, he had issues with a lot of Sunday work being done at home and wondered if it was acceptable to the Mayor. The biggest flag he saw was about the homicide on November 30. He knows the Police Dept. cleared the homicide about 3 p.m. on November 30. Mrs. Creadon put in for several hours of phone time from 6 to 10 p.m. Mayor Musial said no time was charged to the homicide. Mrs. Creadon did telephone the Mayor and Safety Director and did receive calls from the Service employees as they had to go out and prepare the investigatory site for the Police Dept. to conduct their investigation. No time was charged for the calls. He understands that the documern may be confusing and that is why Mrs. Copfer has asked that certain information be removed. Mrs. Kesler commented with regard to the redirection of money in the three funds, that she is also concerned but had been assured that it was aone-time issue. Council was extremely careful in the budget process and went line by line. Mr. Barker said he has attended many budget meetings and notes that Council usually questions most every line item. He thinks they did a good job. Tom Jenkins, 5717 Barton Road ^ Has questions about the comp time document. As a former director, he did not accumulate time for phone calls. Regarding Council's reaction to this issue by trying to pass legislation to regulate comp time, it is his belief that you cannot legislate good administration. In looking at the documern, there were numerous entries for review of files and documents. Is this on the job training for an unqualified person? He asked whether Mrs. Creadon was being paid for administrative assistant work at the Service Director's rate. Mayor Musial answered not to his knowledge. He questioned some of the entries that seemed to be personal and one day listed as a day off. Mrs. Copfer reiterated that was one of the reasons why she is requesting additional documentation on all hours that she has not previously approved. Mayor Musial noted that all of the items on the document were not involved with comp time-that was one of the di~cutties. Mrs. Kesler noted that the Mayor had originally said anything over 40 hours was camp time. He approved the document and said it should be paid. That is why there is a problem, and those are the things that Mr. Jenkins is questioning. Mr. Jenkins said that Council is in a difficult situation trying to set parameters on an administration that, in his opinion, corninues to do things that are not in the best interests of the public. He questions whether Mary Creadon is being paid for administrative assistant work at the Service Director's rate of pay, which is a concern along with the fact that a lot of the hours stacked up in October, November and December look like on the job training. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive ^ He is personally very disappointed that Council did not have a resolution in support of the troops going off to war. ^ Wants to call to attemion to a recent newspaper article noting that four new taxes are being proposed by various governmental entities: 1) a tax for arts for an amount to be determined; a tax for a convention center for an amount to be determined; 3.1 mills for Metro General Hospital; 1.8 mills increase in health and human services. Also 9