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MINUTES
October 4, 1975
The three hundred and thirty-eighth regular meeting of the Wheat
Ridge City Council was called to order by Mayor Frank Stites at
7 30 p.m. at 4355 Field St,.
Councilmen present were Mary Jo Cavarra, Joseph Donaldson, Robert
Howad, Calvin Hulsey, Larry Merkl and Louise Turner.
Also present were City Administrator John Jerman, City Attorney
Maurice Fox, City Clerk Elise Brougham, staff and interested citizens.
Item 1. was a decision regarding approval of an agreement with Meurer,
Serafini and Meurer Inc. Engineers to provide the engineering for
crosspans at the following intersections W. 35 Ave. and Ames,
W. 35 Ave. & Benton, W. 41 Ave. and Ingalls, W. 41 and Harlan. The intersection
of W. 41 Ave. and Kendall St. is included for an engineering study.
Mr. Larry Lacklund of the engineering firm stated they would bring
back a preliminary report to Council and at that time there could be
a cost estimate.
Motion by Councilman Merkl "I move the Council authorize the ~ayor
to sign an agreement with Meurer, Serafini and Meurer Inc. in an
amount not to exceed $11,700 to be charged to Account 541.00." Motion
was seconded by Councilman Donaldson and passed 5-0.
Item 2. was Resolution No. 473 which was reintroduced by Councilman
Donaldson and was read. It authorized transfer of funffi from Account 541
for Panorama Park improvements.
Motion by Councilman Donaldson "I move for the adoption of Resolution
No. 473." Motion was seconded by Councilman Turner and passed 5-0.
Councilman Donaldson voted "aye", Councilman Howard voted "aye",
Councilman Hulsey voted "aye", Councilman Merkl voted "aye",
Councilman Turner voted "aye", and COJncilman Cavarra voted "aye."
Mr. Jerman requested that Council auth~tizB Donna Keltner the City's
Senior Citizen Program coordinator tq~~ E8nference on aging.
Motion by Councilman Turner "I move Council send Mrs. Donna Keltner
to Minneapolis MN for a 3 day conference on aging at a cost not to
exceed $300.00 to be charged to Account 450.13." Motion was seconded
by Councilman Donaldson and passed 5-0.
Motion by Councilman Cavarra "I move we cancel the meeting of
November 29, 1975." Motion was seconded by Councilman Merkl and
passed 5-0. The was to allow Council members to attend meetings
at the NLC Conference which will be held in Denver at this time.
Mr. Jerman stated there would be a bid opening at the State for the
32 Ave. and Lena Gulch project on 10/7/75.
Councilman Merkl requested an Executive Session after the Study Session
on a personnel matter.
The regular meeting was adjourned at 7 55 p.m.
STUDY SESSION
The Study Session for the Wheat Ridge City Council was called to
order. Those in attendance are noted above.
MINUTES - 10/4/76 - Continued
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CIVIL SERVICE C01--1MISSTOII/PEFSO HE~ CC 'UnSSION JOINT R;::COI'lMENDf\TION
ON PROPOSED INCENTIVE PAY PLAN
STATF:tlEnT ()F CO\J ::E.PT
The Civil Service Commission and Th", Personnel Commission of
the City of '.-1h25.t Riege have l'eviewed ::ho Pal Incentive Plan and
feel that there ilre se/eral changes in the present system that should
be recorru!lended
Our reel1.ngs as s.tated below reflect: an attemDt to accurately
review the proposed plan and bring it into alignment with what we
feel are sound personnel practices
The new plan provides for some consi1erable latitude in tIle
development of tr,e employees with the City, but we feel that strong
consideration needs t_ CP given to employee parity with other cities
of our size and that clan;es may te necessary in order to start O1.f
with a sound progr'l.m fr:lm the onset
Necessary changes will have to be made in the Personnel Rules
and Resulations to meet the needs of the changes in the personnel
system
The following ~ecommendations have been discussed and agreed
u~on at joint Commissio, meetings, and it is the understanding at
Lhe COIrJ!1iss ions that t11P department heads and employe,'Cs wi:!.l have
input into ~he paJ inc~ntivc plan before a decision is reached
Longevity The Comr.:tis::;ions recomTl',enc 2hargi.ng the prese'lt poli2)'
of longevity pay This is to include the lonf.';e\ity pay in t:he p::>o-
posed pay schedule and it is to be counted toward achieving the
maximum salary as establis1 ed by the new plan
Current eIT~loyees will conti~ue to receive longevity pay u,til
a combinaticn of the longevi+y pay and merit increases react The
maxi;rn.m salary tnat can be achieved A speclfic time would be set
after whil"h new employees would not be eligible foY' longevity pay
and presenT errmlcyees vlould be intor-med that t""is fringe benefic
would count to'"ard c:he ;J;3yimlJTn salary that can be achieved Per-
sonnel Rules and Regulations will need to be changed prior to the
inclu3ion cf th15 benefit in t~e new plan
Sick Le;l r TYe r'oT'l.missions reco IlTnE'nd that ~wo-thir -1S of unuses
SlCk. lea'Je of t:l,e current year can ;)P carr'ie-j forward cO 1:he ne L
"sar <\11 2~rre.r _ SJJ2Y _eave us~""i i eJ to be dcdllctcd from the C' Y'-
ren1: ~le2:~\' s al...-CrLe~ Jec~\!3 f3.Y!T!c~n+..: of r:ill .3~cY'ued s~c}r leave i:-; to
be paid tr, an l"T,c'loyec ujJon ins J,'e.t,LrccTDer,t nnll If the err,plojee
r~sig~s O~ is cl~C~, hL ~Jro!:~tj.cal]\ ~~sc~ aJ.l s~ck J.eave If r
emplo.)2(:: is la.i.u 8ff juc t~=- 1'(; fLLllt 11- nis cwn and _L [lot re-l----'.- i
~v::i"trlin 0. \,,23 ., ~ccr led sick lE.a\1P; r,;T f-{G~wev'2r if Zl::: j..s i'le-
in3tc,.tE~d. VI Th~._l 1:1 '-' y~~a.r, li1~ lAIC U j 1'"'2 r J i1 a-1.} aCL..r1J. d sic}; ...i...CL1 Je
accumulated p~ or ~o h13 dat rf ~aj : ~
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u] c. -LeaVe accruaJ Pdyrn~,nt \1]...L ht', ha ed 1 n rre CJ11pl"'/Cf?'"
current salqry at the time, . [. rc tlrcO'TJ' n ! s e"c [pcti, e T"" C"'n-
mi"icnc feel 'oat In , s hon ,d be i "., . din the recti romen t s S 'hon
of the Personnel PUlec "-il', h gulut C'l,
SIck 1 ea vo ic in ten 1e J asu, in, u, ", CS Dol ier wn " CO" ti 0 e ncy
plan to allow employeee te be "ei "bursed for'ti"s when chey orc legi-
ti",ately ill It is to to ",'ed P' de otly ood e "rLvee, arc oot d'-
couraeed to USe it for nurpOses ot ;e:r than ,-hOse tor which it Was
intended
Vaeahon No Change is recommended to fo mride io the YOcotion policy
wi th the eXception thot in vo cation t >>,h' ace rUal an employ>>" can ace run
one and one-half times the amoun~ of days the individua~ is eligible
for per ,year and carry that OVer from one year to the next
An individual may accrue a maximum of :l11e and one-half times
the amount that they are eligible for per year and then will lose
thOse days accrued abOVe the maxlmum unless they Use them
Time Limit on Nay imum Ce,] ary Level The Corrm,iseion, oeuomnend that
base salaries should 100 reviewed on a reriod"c basCs ond uDdoted ac-
cording to current economic conditions This is to be exclusi e of
the Coet of living incr"oses An annual 'eview of the pay sccle ncej,
to be .... to evaluate the plan a. it .elate. to naritv and, if nec-
essary, make changes to bring up to the average those POsitions tha~
are SUbstantially lower The CommL3Sions recommend that a Darity
stUdy be done prior tn the budeet prepara"on and a report b. ..d. to
City Counoil on pari'J Thi." to inform the Council if cond_.i,o.
have changed .ionifiLantl" and on in 'ep'h "udy 'houl. be ODndunt..
to brin. the Citv up to >hat i. boing paid in the gene.al merket .-eo
Parity is the aVera~p salary being paid to employees in srecific
jOb cla"ification. in companab] e cities of P"pul.t io, ',etween 2S, 1\ 'I
and 50,000 in the metropolltan area
Cost of Living Commissions necommend that ce.t of living .bo, Ii h.
computed 0' an accn,., ba.i., and the potenti., co.. of livin. C'ange
is to be "" v ie, wed on ce . yea. by Oi ty Counci 1 TCd c oe H of ,""iDS
review is to be made not later tnan the final bUjget Submiss~cp in
or'der to be figured in the budget for> the comj,Ilg year
An adjustment CincreClse or decrease) in the cost of l.1.ving lS to
be passed on to employees based on their current salary and POt rn a
fixed base that does not Lhange from Year to YEar Tnfor>mation for
the cost of living .tudy i. to be t".n f.om the Consume. Price lOde.
Published by the University of Denver
Her'i t Range
rather than
Co~nissicns recOmmend that th2 range should be 0% to
l?a to 6%
r 0,
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S3.1arv IncC"ease Upcn Promotion The Corrunissi(l11s recomme;rd Tha-:: n0
fixed per,'e;;tage be, t :rte<r--nowever, icec.ea c" c may be ",'anted, un] as e
promotion to tIle begirmin[; step of the ne\-,7 pay range doe:.; not eVcpeJ
the current salarv and then the individual will go to the positiGn in
the new salary range which Would provide a pay increase
Individuals m3.J be tpan~ferrerl in SO!:-JC sit'.ations and recciw
no increa_se, but the! woui j rot r("ci?i "e a decpedse :in pay
P nni va.e a ry Date The Co",,,;,, ion c "p Commend t, '" ", ,nni "c,.c orv
d;'teor-cin-';;;,pYoyee c!,ould be ect tJ iShe' aa tip ene' of the pr;,
bationary per lod ".0 remai' a c tl,,,,' d,,,o ci, ilo the ""'p' aYe, 10 " it
The City"", un" "'ra ary da to, ,.,i!, "tt ,hau g " fl., p t' e comp 1 Hi ,
of his initia~ proba~ionary f Plnd
~;_~_~o IIT':l.,lerr:s:n !-E'!'().l'.::::se_1-_L2..::-_"'~~l), v_"::>C.~__~J ',1.1 '-,J_~
r,ti,sslons-recommend UFlt '.laIlIF1J"! .1., _,':J71 te , t
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MINUTES - 10/4/75 - Continued
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Item 1. was a presentation by ihe Civil Service Commission and Personnel
Commission regarding the proposed pay incentive plan. The rec8mmendat,ions
are attached to the Minutes and include revisions on longevity, sick
leave, vacation, time limit on maximum salary level, cost of living,
merit range, salary increase upon promotion and anniversary date.
The Commission members stated they had taken some input from the
PPA in regards to these proposals and it was their understanding
the there would be input from the Department Heads on these proposals.
Council agreed t,o place this item as amendments to the Employee
Rules and Regulations on the 10/25/75 Agenda.
Item 5. was a report on solutions for the curve on W. 32 Ave. from
Garrison to Estes from the Public Works Dept. Several citizens
were present. Mr. Hobbs, Director of Public Works was present and
the total estimated cost of realigning the street was $199,500.00
and placing 2 flashing amber lights was $1,900 in the area with
an electricity cost of $35.00 each annually.
Councilman Cavarra requested that the staff analyze the structure of
the street to see if the curve is banked improperly etc.
Several citizens stated there appears to be high sppeed chases on
the street and the worse time is between 4 and 6 p.m and requested
that a patrolman be on duty there. Another one requested that a
30 m.p h. sign be removed since the 25 m.p.h. signs had been put up.
Council agreed to place purchase of the lights on the Agenda of 10/11/75
for action
Item 2. was a report from KKBNA Engineering Firm on the cost for an
estimate for the curb and gutt,er in the 3 drainage areas that they
are engineering for the City. They stated this would cost $1,000.
Several Councilmen questioned the fact that if curb and gutter was
needed on these projects, the firm should have included it in their
original recommendation of the projects, and that they are already
knowledgeable with the projects they are working on and the additional
fee was not necessary except for their time at the Council Meeting.
Council agreed to schedule this for the 10/18/75 Study Session.
Item 3. was a report from Dr. Hilsenroth, Chairman of the Animal
Control Commission regarding a spay clinic at the proposed Jefferson
County-tri city animal pound. He stated that he felt this service
could be provided through the private clinics in the area and stated
that free neutering and spaying services are already provided to
people who are on welfare. Councilmen Cavarra and Turner questioned
whether this was solving the problem of overpopulation and there
was an increasing cost of disposing of unwanted animals and impounding
them. Council had also discussed at budget time of providing money
to subsidize local vetertrErians for spaying and neutering of local
animals. The majority of Council stated they were not interested
in pursuing a spay clinic at the new pound nor in subsidizing local
veterinarians.
Item 4. was a report on the history of the zoning on the Olinger
property at W. 29 Ave. and Wadsworth Blvd. which had been brought
up by a citizen at a previous meeting. The report concluded that
the property was presently zoned Restricted-Commercial-One.
Council discussed what could be done to correct errors in the zoning
map that had been done in the past
Item 5 was a proposal for regula~ion of pawnbrokers and pawnshops
in the City. The Chief of Police recommended passing a regulation
for this business. The City Attorney is to draf~ an ordinance using
the Lakewood code as a guide.
Item 7. was a proposal for an ordinance regulation securit.y guard businesses.
The City Attorney is to draft an ordinance. Meet.ing was adjourned at
10 00 p.m. An Executive Session was held aftewrds.
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APPROVED
Elise Brougham, City Clerk 1
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