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CITY OF CARLISLE
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 
Monday, March 6, 2006 7:00 P.M. 
Carlisle City Hall Council Chamber


Officials present were: Mayor Ruth Randleman, Council members Drew Merrifield, Douglas Hammerand, Eric Mahnke, Blair Dewey and Frank Shultz.  Mayor Randleman presided.  Also present were Fire Chief Scott Burger, City Administrator Neil Ruddy and Deputy Clerk Pat Brehse. 

Jack Lipovac and Clint Davis of HR-OneSource presented the draft of the City EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK.  Issues discussed were managing overtime and compensatory time, drug and alcohol testing and the status of paid volunteers.  It was decided to do more analysis of the way compensatory time and overtime are currently used, to have post accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing apply to all employees, to have random testing apply to employees who are required to hold a Commercial Drivers License and to have pre-employment testing apply to all permanent employees.

JOB DESCRIPTIONS, including Deputy Clerk, Electric Superintendent and Public Works Superintendent in the new format and City Administrator, Utility Billing Clerk, Customer Service Clerk, Library Director, Electric Lineman and Volunteer Fire Chief in the old format were reviewed.  Residency, vision, licensing and reporting requirements were discussed.  The department heads will work on updating the job descriptions.  The handbook and job descriptions will be reconsidered on April 10th.

A progress report on THE RECRUITMENT FOR THE DEPUTY CLERK/TREASURER POSITION and a survey of salaries of office positions in similar cities were presented.  An informal interview will be scheduled for the week of March 13th. 

Motion by Shultz, seconded by Dewey TO ADJOURN AT 8:57 P.M.. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote of those present.  

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                                                                        Ruth Randleman, Mayor  
Attest:

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Neil Ruddy, Administrator/Clerk

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