2006-11-20 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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Motion and Vote: Ms. Nicholson moved to not include the recommendation in their report, Mr. Sakaguchi seconded the motion, and all members voted aye on the motion. C. Department of Environmental Management (Solid Waste): Recommend that Mike Dworsky receive clerical assistance. Motion: Ms. Nicholson moved to amend this recommendation by taking out Mr. Dworsky's name and recommending that the Solid Waste Division receive additional clerical assistance. Ms. Stremski seconded the motion. Ms. Garson said she saw in recent Council agendas requests for positions, although she was not sure specifically what positions were being requested. She said Solid Waste may already have gotten the help they needed. Vote: All members voted aye on the motion. d. Department of Environmental Management (Solid Waste): Recommend that CDL truck drivers be separated from heavy equipment operators, who work only at the landfills and should not need CDL licenses. Ms. Provalenko questioned whether the purpose of this recommendation was to keep the equipment operators off the highways, since they had CDL's but were not practiced at driving large trucks on the highways. The Chair said the concern was that it was difficult for Solid Waste to recruit equipment operators because of the requirement that they possess CDL's, and operators should not need CDL's since they would be working only in the landfills and not driving trucks on highways. Mr. Sakaguchi asked whether a special employee category for truck drivers was needed, or whether the equipment operators could be exempted from the CDL requirement. The Chair felt the heavy equipment operators should be exempt from the CDL requirement and be designated as heavy equipment operators. Ms. Nicholson questioned who the recommendation should be addressed to, and Mr. Sakaguchi stated they should just make the recommendation and it would be up to others to address it to the right department. Motion and Vote: Ms. Nicholson moved to include this recommendation into the final report, Ms. Stremski seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. e. Department of Environmental Management (Solid Waste): Recommend that contract terms be lengthened to multi year terms. Motion and Vote: Mr. Sakaguchi moved that this recommendation be adopted, with the clarification that it is regarding vendor contracts and not employee contracts. Ms. Stremski seconded the motion, and all commissioners voted aye.