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01-18-60 JANUARY 18TH, 1980. A Regular Meeting o~ the City Council was he~d in the ~ouncil Chambers at 8:00 P.M., with Mayor Glenn B. Sundy in ~he Chair, City Manager W. E, Lawson Jr., City Attorney Richard F. Z~mmerma~ and Com- missioners Col. Dugal G. Campbell, Charles H. Harbison, John A. Thayer and George V. Warren. An opening prayew was delivered by Rev. W. M. Gilbert. Commissioner Thayer requested that the following 'Excerpt' from the minute~ of Council Meetin$ held on January ~l~h be deleted in as much as said excerpt was not ~ncluded in the original "Motion" made by Commissioner Thayer; "particularly east of the Waterway" and appearing in the last paragraph on page 1 of said 'Minutes'. Commissioner Harbison protested the references to distances as appeared ~n sub-paragraphs ~1) and (2) under the s?cond paragraph on Page 4 of the Minutes dated January llth, 1960, ~nasmuch as no specific reference to such distances was contained in the original motion of Commissioner Warren at said meeting. T~e City Clerk agreed that said distances were not included in the 'Motxon' but had been shown in the minutes, such distances being the actual front footage of the properties referred to in the motion of Commissioner Warren. Commissioner Campbell then moved for approval of the Mlnutes covering the January llth Meeting, as amended, Motion was 'seconded by Commissioner Warren and upon Call of Roll - C~ssioners Campbell, Warren and Thayer, together with~a, yor Sundy, vote~ in favor thereof, Commissioner Harbison being opposed. On motion of. Commissioner Harbison and seconded by Commissioner Warren, the Council unanimously agreed that the City Manager and Chief of Police should investigate the.ne?d for in additional Taxi- Cab, request?d by ~EDDIE MONROE, submitting their recommendation to the Council at ~ts next regular meeting. The Council, on motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner Warren, unanimously approved tabling the matter of - "City Equipment Usase" - for tw? weeks to allow further time for a study of this function by the C~tyManager. · City Manag? Lawson then submitted his "Report" of the cash po- sitlon of the C~ty of Delray Beach as of December 31st, "In accordance with your instructions I am herewith submitting a report of the cash position o~ the City of Delray Beach as of Decem- ber $1, 1959 and a recommended ~nvestment program. The cash report which was submitted at the meeting of January ?th, 1960 should be at- tached to and made a part of this report. The total cash balances of all city funds as of Deeember $1st, 1959. is $1,6S7,$67.60. Of this amount $884,206.04 is invested - - $840,588.28 in 90-day certificates earning interest at 2%, and $45,617.76 of pension fund money in savings accounts earning interest at 4%. We have made a careful investigation of the various funds of the city to ascertain what money could be considered at this time for vestment purposes. We have attempted to.project the normal operating costs over the ensuing quarter to determzue what expenditures can be expected and the cash requirements for this period. It is our con$1usion tha~ of the present cash on h~nd, a total of $495,000 is avaxlable for nuvestment at this time - $4?2,000. for ninety days and S2$,000..for six months. This money would come from the following open deposzt accounts: JANUARY 18th, 1960. General Fund $ 250~000 Water Fund ~150~000 Special Assessment ~und 80~000 Refundable Deposits Fund l?,O00 'Beach Disaster Fund 8~000 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Sinking Fund 9,000 It has been the request ofpast Councils that the deposits and in.vestments at the two local banks be kept somewhat on an even basis. This procedure we have adhered to e.ve.n .tho.ugh we felt that such a p. ractice migh. t tend. to destroy ~ lnxt~at~ve on the bank's part to xnduce the cxty to ~ncrease .~epo~lts with them at a higher rate. Whenever any of the present ~nv.estments matured we have always con- tacted both banks to see if a~ h~gher interest rate could be obtained. The most recent date of such discussion was on December $1, 1959, at which time a rate of.2~% and 3% was suggested on any new certificates of deposit. The officials of both banks advised that they would not consider paying any more than the present rate of 2%. On January 8th, 1960 the Director of Finance and ~ contacted M~. H. A. Hubbard of the First National Bank and Messrs. Basil A. Payne and Robert W. Freitag of the Delray Beach National Nank add .discussed with them fully the proposed plan of increasing the present zuvest- ments which would, of course, reduce the cash on open account in their respective banks. The officials of the Delray Beach National Bank expressed concern over the reduction of the General Fund open account balance due to the "float factor" of the account as well as the tremendous activity of the fund. They felt that s_uch a reductio~ as suggested may requi~e them to put the account on an analysis basis whereby the city wo.uld pay a service charge for the number of checks processed and deposits made. Both banks requested time to discuss this matter between themselves. Their .resultant proposal is that~ they will pay the city 2~% on 90 day cert~f$cates of deposit and 3% on 6 months certificates with a maximum limitation of $200,000.00 at each bank on 6 months invest- ments. They also require that the city maintain at least a 20% bal- ance of the total cash on open account which will permit them to handle the accounts without any additional charge. All certificates are to be reviewed as to interest rate at the expiration of six months or semi-annually-~~ They also request that the funds in both banks be kept on a somewhat equal basis. We have further considered the purchasing of treas.ury bills. At the present time this is the most promising type of investment as the market is quite high.~ Ninety day bills are bringing an interest rate of approximately 4..85 and six months bills at $%. We have con sidered the risk factor ~n the event money is needed quickly for an unseen emergency, and feel that since .the bills are purchased at a discount and interest accrues to maturity, ther-e would have tb be a treme.ndous market reversal overnight to affect any major change. In fact ~t may even be possible to sell at a rate over and above the maturity ratm. We would, therefore, suggest purchasing the following t~'easu~y bills: $472,000~00 90-day treasury bills 28,000.00 8 months treasury bills These funds will, of course, be taken from the funds listed above. Of the p~$sent certificates which have just matured we ~ecommen~ the followimg ~reasury bills be purchased: $292~000~00 6 months treasury bills 1~2~000.00 ~O-day treasury bills JANUARY 18th, 1960. Based on the cash balances of December 31, 1959 and including the investment earnings which matured to date, this would result in the following: ~.en Account Cert. of.Dep. Total_ First National Bank $131,089.20 $264,801.02 $395,890.22 Delray Beach Nat'l. Bank 146,479.74 124,635.64 271,115.38 Savings Accounts 43,617~76 Treasury Bills 929,000.00 The total cash on open account would be $277,5~8.94 and on invest- ment $1,362,054.42. Deposits.during the first ten days of January.1960 in the Del- ray Beach National Bank exceeded disbursements by $30,660.51 and when the certificates of deposit mature in the First National Bank during the first week of February, the bank balances should be more evenly distributed. It might also be pointed out that the total interest earned through investments for the preceding fiscal year in all funds total- ed $15,335.$2." On motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner Thayer, the Council unanimously accepted the 'Report' of the City Manager and authorized he and the Director of Finance to proceed with the schedule as outlined therein. Concerning the request of the V.F.W. to discuss a proposed re- newal lease for Pony League Park, located on Block 37, the City Man- ager reminded the Council of having met with officers of the V.F.W. as to - (1) The possibility of renegotiation for the desired lease, and (2) The desire of the Council to provide parking facilities for loading and unloading of fammworkers. Repre'sentatives of the V.F.W. felt that providing such facili- ties on the north end of the property would interfere with parking of cars for those attending ball games, and cited the fact that there appeared sufficient room at the south end of the property to provide such parking area necessary for the loading.and unloading of workers. It was further pointed out that the V.F.W. ~ntends,' if permitted, to use the property for year around activities, and, as previously stated, to cause extensive improvements thereon. The V.F.W. further pointed out that insufficient monies are re- ceived to cover all expenses in the operation of the Park and re- quested consideration 6f the Council for city absorption of the util- ities, expense. Commissioner Harbison felt that the matter should be turned over to the City Attorney for study together with the desires of the V.F.W. which should be made known to the Attorney, in writing, that a new proposed lease be prepared to consideration by the Council. On motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner Harbison, the Council unanimously authorized the City Attorney to re- vamp the proposed lease, after being furnished, in writing, the de- sires of the V.F.W., which shall provide, in part, for - (1) Utilization of the south end of~the property for providingneces- sary land needed to establish an area for Loading and Unloading 9f. Worker~, with egress a~d ~ngress on S.W. 4th Avenue, and (2) The C~ty to pay the L~ght and Water bills incurred in the use of said Pony League Park. The Council, on motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner Harbison, unanimously approved adherence to the l0 year JANUARY 18th, 1960. term of lease and that if, within such period, the City detemmines the property to be made available for other ~urpQses, the City shall guarantee to replace the field in the condition existing at such . time as, when and if it is taken over by the City w~thin said permod. The V.F.W. agreed to comply with the request of Commissioner Campbell and furnish the Council with a list of their intended im- provements of Pony League Park. Cit~Manager. Lawson then submitted 'Costs' incurred by the City for abating certain nuisances, shown ~n Resolution No. 1196, in com- pliance with Section 15-9 of the Code of Ordinances, and proceeded to read - RESOLUTION NO. 1220. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ~HE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ASSESSING COSTS FOR ABAT~ ING NUISANCES UPON CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED WITHIN SAID CITY: SETTING OUT ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED BY SAID CITY TO ACCO~PLISH SUCH AVATE~ENT AND LEVY- ING THE COST OF SUCH ABATEMENT OF SAID NUISANCES, AND DECLARING SAID I~VY TO BE A LIEN UPON SAID PROPERTY IN AN AMOUNT AS SHOWN BY REPORT OF THE CITY M,~NAGER OF DELP~Y BEACH, FLORIDA. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, did, in regular ~ess~on held on October 5th, 1989, enact Resolution No. 1196, declaring the existence of a nuisance upon certain lots or arcels ~f land therein described for violation of the provisions of rdinance No. G-lA7; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the City C~erk of said C~ty did furnish each of the owners of the lands therein described w~th a notice that the City Council would sit on Octobe~ 19th, 1959 at l:00 o'clock P.M,, at the City Hall in Delray Beach, Florida, for the purpose of allowing the owners shown in Resolution No. 1196 to show cause, if any, why said nuisances described in said resolution should not be abated; and ' WHEREAS, pursuant to said notices, the Council of said City did sit on October 19, 1~$9 at 1:00 o'clock P.M., a~t the City Hall in Delray Beach, Florida, for the purpose eforesaid, and said owners of the lands having failed to show cause why the nuisance described in the aforesaid resolution should not be abated, the said City Coun- cil did, on the scheduled hearing date as provided and shown herein resolve that a nuisance existed on the lots or parcels therein des- cribed for violation of the Ordinance G-147 as aforesaid, and further resolved that each of the owners described in said resolution be no- tified and required to abate the nuisance within thirty (30) day~ from the receipt of a copy of such resolution, otherwise, in default thereof, said owners were notified that the City of Delray Beach, Florida, would enter upon said lands and abate the nuisance described and specified in said resolution and would levy the cost of such work as an assessment against the property therein described; an~ WHEREAS, pursuant to such resolution, the City Clerk of said City did furnish each 'of the respective owners of the lands descrihe~ in said ~esolution with an appropriate ~opy thereof, namely Resolu- tion No. 1208 and the owner~ hereinafter named did fail and neglect to abate th? nuisance existing ~pon their respective lands within the time prescrmbed by said resolution and Ordinance G-lA7, and the City of Delray Beach, Florida, was required to and did enter upon the fol- lowing lands and incur costs in abating the nuisance existing there- on as described in the aforesaid resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, has, pursuant to said Ordinance G-147 and the City Charter mubmitted to JANUARY 18th, 1960. ~ the City Council a report of the costs incurred in abating the nui- sance as aforesaid, said report indicating the costs per parcel of land involved.. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, as follows: 1. That assessments in the individual amounts as shown by the report of the City Manager of the City of Delray Beach, Fla., involving said City's cost of abating the aforesaid nuisances upon the lots or parcels of land described in said rep?t, a copy of which is attached and made a part hereof, are lewed against the par- cels of land described in said report and in the amounts indicated thereon. Said assessments so levied shall be a lien from the date the assessment becomes effective upon the respective lots and par- cels of land described in said report, of the same nature and to the same extent as the lien for general city taxes and shall be collect- ible in the same manner and with the same penalties and under the same provisions as to sale and foreclosure as city taxes are collect- ible. 2. That the City Clerk of said City shall record a certified copy of this resolution in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, and shall fur- nish to each of the owners named in and upon said report, a notice that the City Council of the City 9f Delray Beach, Florida, will sit as a Board of Equalization at the City Hall in De]may Beach, Fla., on the First day of February, 1960, at 8:00 o'clock P.M., to hear and consider any and all complaints as to the assessments shown h~re- in and the said City Council shall adjust and equalize the same on a basis of justice and. right and when so equalized and approved, such assessments shall stand confirmed and remain legal, valid and binding oblications upon the property against which said assessments are levied; such assessments after equalization adjustment and hearing shall draw interest at the rate of 6% per annum until fully paid. 3. After equalization and upon approval of such assessments, the same shall be forthwith payable together with any in- terest thereon accrued. PASSED AND ADOPTED at regular session on the 18th day of Jan- uary, A. D. 1960. /S/ GLE B. SU D¥ LAY'OR REPORT FOR COST OF ABATING NUISANCES UNDER ORDINANCE G-147. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION OWNER ASSESSMENT Lot 8, Delray Isle W.L., & Ruth T. Morrison $ 9..72 .1515 N. W. 2nd Avenue Delray Beach, Florida. Lots 19, 20 and 36, Jerome & Grace W. Portman 9.72 Bonniecrest P.O. Box 1798 De]may Beach, Florida. Lots 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, Jerome & Grace W. Portman 26.83 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24, P. 0. Box 1795, Bonniecrest ~rd Add. Delray Beach, Florida. Lot 19, Block 13, Hubert W. Aiken 9.72 Del Ida Park State Road Plattsburg, N.Y. ~ '~t' JANUARY 18th, 1960. Section 9-46-43, all of Jean Cleave~ $ 8.25 the E 60' of W 255.26' P. 0. Box 152 of N~ of Lot 29. Boynton Beach, Fla. Lot 12 & E 16' of Lot J.A., & G. M. Minch 9.72 11, Crestwood 2752 MilitaryAve., Port Huron, Mich. Lot 1, Block 4, Lewis E., & Leva D. Robinson 9.72 Seagate Extension 1016 E. Wilshire Ave., Fullerton, Calif. Lot 22, Block 5, Ba. yview Limited 9.72 Seagate Extension c/o Hallet, Whitney & Patton HAmilton, Bermuda. Lots 16 & 19, Block iSA Mrs. Tillie Goldberg 9.72 Osceola Park 7401 W 8th Mile Road Detroit 21, Mich. ~ ~ The Council, on motion of Commissioner Harbison and seeonded by Commissioner Thayer, unanimously approved Adoption of Resolution No. 1220, on this first and final reading. D~uring the regular session of the Council on January llth, 1960, Mayor Sundy appointed Commissioners Harbison, as Chairman, and Mr. Thayer as a committee to investigate the reported conditions con- cerning the Ice Plant property and Chairman Harbison reported that he and Commissioner Thayer looked over the situation and talked with two of the owners 9r tenants and feel there is some justification for taking corrective measures and their recommendation is that the City Manager direct the proper department to check into this matter and determine necessary corrective measures to be taken. On motion of Commissioner Warren and seconded by Commissioner Campbell, the Council unanimously agreed on acceptance of.the recom- mendation of the Committee, as presented by Chairman Harblson, and so authorized the City Manager. On motion of Commissioner Harbison and seconded by Commissioner Thayer, the Council unanimously approved, for payment, the following Bills, as presented by the City Manager: BILLS FOR APPROVAL JANUARY 18TH, 1960. General Fund Check No. Date Customer Amount 617 1-12-60 Petty Cash $ 230~00 618 " First Nat'l. Bank of Delray Beach 927.84 619 1-13-60 " " " " " 1,800.21 620 1-14-60 " " " " " 764.06 621 1-15-60 " " " " " · 828.41 622 " Payroll Account - City of Delray 12,013;98 623 " D.Bch. City Employees Cred. Union .487.00 624 " " Payroll Account 2,896.81 625 " D.Bch. City Employees Cred. Union 197.00 626 1-18-60 O.A.S.I.' Contribution Fund 6,422.90 627 " Town of Ocean Ridge 101.8'? 628 " Neway Uniform & T.owe.1 Supply Co 624.20 629 " Dudley Barlow & ~lll~am I. Butt 790,00 650 " Donald S, Lavigne, Inc., 1,405.78 651 " City of Del. Bch. -Water Dept., 278.18 632 " International City Ngr's. Assoc., 84.26 685 " Lee Music Company 19~90 654 " Lens Camera Exchange, Inc., 6.22 635 " The Lanier Co., 25.64 6 JANUARY 18th, 1960. 2~ 686 1-18-60 Nat'l. Institute of Nun. Law Off. $ 47.50 637 " Nichols Garden Mart ~ 27.00 638 " Irving Trust Company 1,32 639 " Bateman & Jeff ties 757.50 640 " James I. Sinks 1,372.40 641 " Amer. Playground Device Co., 187.80 642 " 0conee Clay Products Co 129.08 643 " East Coast Fire Equipment 91,63 644 " Caulley Steel & Supply Co 617.55 645 " Royal McBee Corp 25.53 646 " Mueller Company 533,32 647 " Trustees, Fla.East Coast Rwy. Co. 1.00 648 " Watkins Paint Co., 8,42 649 " United States Pencil Co~,Inc. 8~00 650 " Travelers Insurance Co., 101~65 651 " Porter Paint Co., 2.70 652 " Palm Beach Linen Service 36;20 653 " Picard Chemical Co 81;95 654 " Scarboro Garage 1; 50 655 " Stan Sheets, Photo., 48;00 656 " Seacrest Hardware 1, 48 657 " Sample Rock Co 460;80 658 " West Atlantic Mercantile CO 7~95 659 " Tom Wood Equip. Co., Inc. 66.95 660 " Williams Chem. Corp. of Miami 41,90 661 " Earl Wallace Ford, Inc. 69~50 662 " Farquhar Machinery Co 28.50 863 " Mr. Foster's Store lll,60 664 " Court Records, Inc. 50.00 665 " Flamingo 0il Co · 15.23 666 " City of Boynton Beach - Water Dept 8.00 667 " Delray Chemical Co. Inc., 9.30 668 " " Glass & Mirror Co 14.63 669 " DeMarco Tractor & Implement Co 305.77 670 " Brooks Products of Fla. Inc. 142.50 671 " C.C. Cook & Co 2.15 672 " Criminal Research Products,-Inc. 18.89 673 " Biscayne Chem. Laboratories, Inc 2.56 674 " Brockway, Weber & Brockway 4.00 675 " Barry Pharmacy 6.50 676 " Hunter's Motor & Mower Service 15.01 677 " Delray Bch. Fire Department 409.15 678 " Scriver Tractor & Drilling Co., 285.64 679 " Southern Electric Co 215.47 680 " Renuart Delray Corp 140;74 681 " Sargent-Sowell, Inc. 21;35 682 " Ocean City Lumber Co 270.88 683 " R.H. Wright., Inc 440.00 684 " Vaughn & Wright 338.82 Total General Fund $ '37,632'.22 Water Fund. - Operating Fund. 98 1-15-60 City of Del.Bch. - Gen'l, Fund $ 1,620.50 99 " " " " 167.95 Total Water - 0per. Fund $ 1,788.45 At the regular Council meeting held on January lIth, Mayor Sundy appointed Commissione. rs Thayer and Warren as a committee to investigate all factors relating to the request of Mrs. Pfundston a permit to erect a 'Sign' on the Hampton Apartments. Committee Chairman Warren reported that he and Committeeman Thayer inspected the property and surrounding area and spent consid- erable time considering any possible ill effect of such a sign and recognizing the nearness of Federal Highway and N.E. 8th Street, both being in business zones and well lighted with all types of ~igns, and 7 JANUARY 18th, 1960. in consideration of all the facts learned in its investigation, the Committee recommends that permit b~ granted for the erectionrof a sign on the Hampton Apartments subject to the larger letters not ex- ceeding 18 inches in heighth and the smaller letter not-exeeeding 12 inches in heighth. The Council, on motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner V~arren, unanimously approved gra~ting the permi~ for erection of the Sign, to face Federal Hwy., and in accordance with the recommendation of the investigating committee. 0n motion of Commissioner Harbison and seconded by Commissioner Campbell, the. Council unanimously approved granting "Transfer" of Beer &Wine License from Charles Catlander to Willie Burns in con- nection with the operation of 'Wampus' Inn. City Manager Lawson submitted and read the following repor~ concerning 'Performance Ratings' : "The purpose of this report is to clarify a situationcreated by newspaper articles which appeared last Thursday. Resultant questions, statements and interpretations indicate that the perfor- mance or-service rating system used by the administrative officials is not clear to the public and perhaps, the Council~ Since the pub- lic is not familiar with the system, this is a natural reaction to the newspaper articles. It is hoped that this report will explain the system and help assuage the feelings of loyal city employees who have been subjected to unfair derision and ~u~licity.. Perfommance rating is one of several administrative tools used in emPloyee evaluation. It is also one of the most vexing problems in personnel administration, because its purpose is often misunder- stood. Assuming that ~t is possible t? develop a plan that is valid and reliable, there are several object~ves of performance rating: 1. To provide an index of performance as a basis for promotions. · 2. To provide a basis for other changes in status such as transfers, separations, etc. ~. To provide a basis which can, in part, be used for pay increases. A. To h$1p improve supervision by directing the supervisor's at- tention to the more important aspects of the employees work. 8. To help improve emplgyee performance. The knowledge that he is being rated often stzmulates an employee to do better work. 8. To be used as a guide to training needs. ?. To help in evaluation of recruiting and testing procedures. While these are laudable objectives, there are inherent diffi- culties inI the rating process. In fact, service rating plans .have had a stormy history. No plan has yet received general acceptance, few have received local popularity and most have suffered frequent modification. Since it is imPossible to devise a perfect plan, we- have used ours only as a general guide in personnel administration. Ratings have been kept strictly confidential between Department Head~ and the City Manager. Out of the rating efforts of public and private organizations have come hundreds of different plans, and in this report it is not possible to list, let alone describe them. The City of Delray Beach uses a numerical system which was devised by the City Nanager three years.ago. Employees are rated as poor, fair, good, excellent and superior on the following characteristics: PERFORMANCE RATINGS a antity of Work Attention to Duty lity of Work Dependabi~itg Job Knowledge Judgemen~ Initiative Cooperation · Aptitude General Attitude JANUARY 18th, 1960. Numerical values of 1 or 2 for poor, $ or 4 for £air, 8 or 8 for good~ ? or 8 for excellent and 9 or 10 for superior are assigned to each of the ten characteristics on the rating reports. Descriptive phrases inthe rating manual further define or qualify the value scale for each.trait. The numerical equivalents for each factor are then a~ded to give a total score. For example, if an employee were rated $ ~gooa) for each of the 10 traits, his total score would be 80. We have used numerical equivalents me~ely for e~~nce and r$cognize it as such. Little significance can be placed in the dis- t~nction between a total score of 40 or 80, for instance; much le~s between 49 and 80. Futhermore, numerical scores alone~are meaninglese as a basis for personnel action since two employees may have the same total score and yet have entirely different work characteristics. The same score could be obtained by virtue of excellence in dissimilar factors. We have used the scores, therefore, only as a general guide. At this point it should be emphasized that the total numerical scores are not percentaze figures. As previously mentioned, numerical equivalents (8-4 for fair, 8-~ for good, etc.) were used for conven- ience. Instead of using numbers each characteristic could be checke~ as fair, good, etc. This method would give the same result but would be awkward to record. Apparently some individuals have assumed that because ten factors are each rated on a scale of one to ten, the max- imum total is one hundred percent. Either an increase in the number of traits to be~rated or a decrease in the rating'scale (e.g. using a range of 1 to 8) would make the maximum total above or below 100. It should be evident, therefore, that under our present system total scores are not percentage ratings. PerformanCe ratings of employees are made annually in March by supervisor~ and department heads. An analysis of ratings at March 81, 1989 discloses the following: Poor Faair Good Excellent Superior 10-29 80-49 $0-8~ ?0-89 90-100 1 6 68 31 1 Of 101 employees rated, it was the opinion of the Department Heads rating them that ~4 were Good or Excellent. Since raters are instructed to be object~ve and impartial,~itshould be clear that the great bulk of employees are very satisfactory. Finally we feel that the evaluation and rating of employees is an essential part of administration; however, performance ratings alone do not determine the value of an employee. As a basis for per- i sonnel action we consider and weigh service ratings, sen or~ty, per- sonality, temperament and other relevant factors." /SI WILLIAM E. LAWSON JR. CommissionerWarren moved that this matter be table, until n~x~ meeting.to allow time to study the report. There was no second to the motxon. Discussion followed concerning the possibility that there might be a better ratin~ procedure available and Commissioner Campbell sug- gested that the report be tabled for' further study and ~onsultation with the City Attorney. Commissioner Harbison expressed his feeling that clarifisat~on of performance ratings had been made. No further action was taken on this subject. Mr. Sandy Simon addressed the Council and pleaded for action by the Council which would provide an early Recreation Center for use by 9 JANUARY 18th, 1960. teenagers and School graduates who now have no p~a?e to go and greatly need such a place for recreational actiwtles, and further commenting on having enjoyed Commissioner Thayer's news articles, while in college, requested the Commissioner's support in causing early development and construction of a Recreational Cente~. 9omm~~~¢~b~.l~ cited the fact that the Council is fully 'convinced that Bollta is being played by many in the west sector of our city and, further, that this condition is known to be true by all concerned, and moved that the City Manager be instrUcted to di- rect the Chief of Police to personally direct the necessary police work to effectively clean up the situation~ Motion was seconded by Commissioner Warren and unanimously agreed. MEETING ADJOURNED on motion of Commissioner Warren seconded by Commissioner-Thayer. ! / ! !