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2 Public Works Maintenance Staff members - maintains parks, streets, water/sewer infrastructure (covered by International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 - AFL - cm Contract) Administration - 1 City Administrator 1 City Clerk - elections, agenda packets, secretarial, research, phones, web site, Quad publications, etc. 1 Receptionist - phones, agenda packets, secretarial, pennits, cable, web site, etc. Finance - 1 Finance Director 1 Utility Billing Clerk - utility billings, bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, assist Finance Director, etc. Clearly, we cannot afford to lose any employees before the production of work is affected at City Hall. Each and every job is important for many reasons and we need to do what we can to retain those employees. Because Centerville is a small community, as an organization, we cannot afford to add to staff when new projects or mandates need to be addressed. Obviously, this means that existing staff needs to reprioritize time and other job duties to accommodate the addition of new projects or duties. And, it has been my experience that these employees do take on additional duties and projects without many complaints. II. Overtime Accrual: Unionized employees - · Overtime after working 8 hours · Able to convert Overtime pay to Compensatory Time · Compensatory Time is capped at 80 hours (thus limiting the City's financial liability ) Non-unionized employees - · Overtime after working 40 hours · Paid Overtime only; no choice to use Compo Time; must be used in the time period earned. · No compensation for approved overtime in a pay period when employees use non-productive time. The previous personnel policy indicated that non-union employees would be compensated for any hours worked over eight (8) hours in any given business day. While the discrepancy in treatment between the union and non-union employees needs to be addressed, so does the issue of employees loosing overtime pay when the approved overtime they worked falls in a pay period when there is a holiday or the employee is