2005-04-12 Board of Ethics Minutes regular mc

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to 4:30 day, and then ifI believe the office policy is that if they have to work in the evenings, that they give them either comp or flex time, where they try to adjust it, but they were not, and I do not think that they currently get any overtime, because they don't have a budget for overtime. CHAIR: And the travel, do they get travel? BJLT: They get travel if they get —they get per diem if they stay overnight somewhere on Council business. They can get, apply for mileage, if they have to on the job drive somewhere and use their personal vehicle. KK: It's not the same as the legislative assistant? BJLT: No, the legislative assistants do more of the research and drafting of requests that may have come in from constituents, and you have to do research on legal issues related to the constituent's request. CHAIR: So does Bob Jacobson have a legislative assistant as well? LIVELY: I believe he does. CHAIR: Yeah. And do you work with —under the supervision of that person— LIVELY: Well it's pretty much like Bobby Jean said. It his job to work on the legislation, so you know, we don't really CHAIR; - -you don't really LIVELY: - -we don't really. He does come to me for help from , but no, as a general routine we don't. CHAIR: Well, it's important we understand this arrangement. It's a pretty strange match of arrangements. LIVELY: I don't even understand it. CHAIR: Yeah, and we're trying to figure out like —well, that Bob Jacobson is the supervisor, and she's the employee, you know, he certainly should have his share in the responsibility for ensuring that this arrangement works in a non - conflicting sort of way, and we wanted to see—we asked you to come back in with the work, the full contract, which you brought in, and also the job description she brought in. So, armed with that. 26