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PUBLIC SA?ETY
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - MAY 26, 1998
3:30 P.M.
PRESENT: Larry E. Sconyers, Mayor; Handy, Chairman; Kuhlke, Mays,
Shepard, members; R. Oliver, Administrator; J. Wall, Legal Counsel;
C. RusLcon, Director, IT;
ALSO PRESENT: Tracy powell, Augusta Chronicle; Stacy Edison, Metro
Spirit; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission and Belinda Brown of the
Clerks Office.
A request from Pam Tucker, EMA Director to approve the newly
developed "Hazard Mitigation Plan".
MR. KUHLKE: So move.
MR. SHEPARD: Second.
Motion carried unanimously.
A request from Clifford Rushton Information Technology Director to
approve the Information Technology Reorganization Chart.
Mr. Rushton: There are three positions that we
change: (1) Records Clerk to LAN Administrator,
Operator to System Administrator, (3) Application
Application Manager.
would like to
(2) Computer
Developer to
MR. SHEPARD: So move.
MR. KUHLKE: Second.
Mr. Kuhlke: I have talked to Clifford about this and he has
given me some information. He appealed to the Personnel Board and
his appeal was based on the Buck Study. One of the problems that
he is having and one of the problems with the Buck Study is that
the comparisons they did were not done in private industry, they
did with government. What's happening in that particular area, and
I don't think there's any question about it as we move fOr'Nard
information technology is going to' be the thing that helps us
particularly if we go into the efficiency study. But right now he
can't keep people. And if we stay within the salary range of the
Buck Study the way they've done it all we're basically doing right
now is training people for private industry. And I think we really
have a problem and it's something that we really need to take a
look at. The reason I wanted to talk about this is because Mr.
Oliver, I think needs to take a look at that and see if there is
some validity there. With all the equipment and investment we have
in that par~icular a~ea, i: we can't keep the people to operate it
then I think we're going to have a problem.
Mr. Oliver: I believe that a comparison to the private sector I
in that particular arena is a valid one. The Personnel Board did
not believe that comparing government positions to the private
sector was a valid perspective and in many cases that's true.
However, we will eventually have to take a look at salaries in
certain areas of the government if we want to get qualified people
and keep them on board.
Motion carried unanimously.
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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