2005-04-12 Board of Ethics Minutes regular mc

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LIVELY: I'm just his council aide. KK: Council aide. LIVELY: We answer the phones, schedule his appointments- KK: - -yeah, well you know, the thing, Bobby Jean and myself, we were legislative assistants at one time. You were- BJLT: - -I was the legislative auditor. KK: Legislative auditor. And I was the legislative assistant, working under the legislative auditor, Harry Takahashi, and —but this it didn't have at that time. This is a new creation, that you are the aide for him? LIVELY: I'm really not too sure about that. I do know that my position is what they consider an at -will position so that I have- KK: -- You're paid by whom? LIVELY: I'm paid by the County but I'm hired as directed by the Council member himself, and I pretty much work at his beck and call. KK: The other council people have aides? LIVELY: They all have aides like myself. CHAIR: And they're all exempt civil service. KK: When we used to work for the legislative auditor, we answered to the legislative auditor, but we helped —you know, each of us was assigned to certain council persons, but not directly known as the person's aide. This must be a new—is this a new BJLT: - -Alfred is comparable to the position Elaine Ludloff had. KK: Oh, okay. BJLT: He supervises the clerical staff, and the aides are basically comparable to a clerical staff. They handle the mail, the phone calls, minor typing, maybe a little bit of drafting of simple letters and stuff for the council members. Some council members also use them to cover community meetings. They are not paid overtime, but they do usually work a 7:45 25