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Home My WebLink About1974-12-30 CorrespondenceDecember 12, 1974 The Honorable Mayor and City Council of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Legal Department Budget Information Mayor and Council Members: On Tuesday the Mayor asked me to be prepared to submit to Council budgetary information on the cost of the operations of the Legal Department of the City. This information is for your use in the meeting to consider the Legal Department budget and the Mayor's questions about structure of the Legal Department on Tuesday, December 17, 1974. In accordance with the Mayor's request I have asked the Finance Department to prepare the budget information which is attached. The attached document entitled "Summary of Expenditures" shows the expendi- tures for legal services by the City for the years 1972, 1973, and 1974. For purposes of your understanding of the document I would point out that the "Salaries & Wages" line item includes the salaries of assistant city attorneys. The "Professional Services" line item includes the fees and payments to all special counsel employed by the City and the City Attorney. You will also note that the document includes amounts expended for urban renewal legal services. I would like for you to be aware of two things indicated by the attached summary. First, the City's total expenditures for legal services in 1974 will be approximately 6. 8% more than was expended during 1973. Secondly, the amount expended for professional services including urban renewal services actually declined some 8. 5% in 1974 as compared with the preceding year. JW H: vb Attachment Respectfull submitted, Jo W. Hayek CcC.I S-0, CITY CLOS CLASSIFICATION Personal Services 6100 Salaries & Wages 6200 Part Time « Overtime 6300 Pension $ Retirement 6400 Insurance Benefits SUBTOTAL Commodities 7100 Office Supplies 7200 Operating Supplies 7300 Repair & Maintenance Supplies SUBTOTAL S:, c ices & Charges 31.00 Professional Services 5200 COM Unications S300 Transportation & Education 8400 Insurance 8Z,00 Public Utility Service 8600 Repairs $ Maintenance 8700 Rentals 8500 Aid to Agencies 8900 Miscellaneous SUBTOTAL Capital Outla 9100 Land 9200 Structures, Improvements, & Buildings 9300 Equipment SUBTOTAL City Total Urban Renewal TOTAL EXPENDITURES FUND General PROGRAM Legislative FUNCTION Legal Services Actual Actuall Year to -1972 1973- I ` Date 11/30/74 $13,325.31 I $19,820.28 ( $25176.23 30.00 I i I 321.15 I 553.21 556.54 13,676.46 I 20,373.49 25,7332.77 2,256.31 1,682.20 2,621.94 17.01 6.70 4.37 1.81 8.64 I 13.81 2,275.13 1,697.54 I 2,640.12 22,201.91 I 31,569.54 35,453.35 977.39 I 1,050.06 I 1,280.03 v... . a v✓ v , 111 / J 3, I 66, 3• U9i 37.szz.43 I � 39,520.54 55,554.12 f 65,895.32 13,886.28 I 182902.03 }!- 83355.32 $53,406.82 I $74,756.15 ` 71,250.64 ANNUALIZED 1974 $79,500.00 July 24, 1970 The Mayor and City Council Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Report of committee on City Attorney position Gentlemen: I am enclosing herein an original and six copies of the Report by the committee which you have appointed to study and make recommendations concerning the position of the City Attorney. I, as Chairman of the committee, will be happy to meet with you in the future to answer any questions about the report or to arrange for the entire committee to meet with you if you so choose. PAL:mec Enclosures 7 Very truly yours, 7.EeF; Z FF & LEFF i 1 Philip A. Leff JUL 28 1970 CITY CLERK'S 0 F FICIE � l LAW OFFICES OF -- - LEFF, LL FF -1.TD- LEFF A RT..'JR O. LEF- 222 SOUTH LINN STREET PRONE 338-7551 Ph(L'-- A. LEFF IOWA CITY, IOWA A --AN =?.LEFF 52240 ARCA CODE 319 R B;: UCE HAUpERT July 24, 1970 The Mayor and City Council Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Report of committee on City Attorney position Gentlemen: I am enclosing herein an original and six copies of the Report by the committee which you have appointed to study and make recommendations concerning the position of the City Attorney. I, as Chairman of the committee, will be happy to meet with you in the future to answer any questions about the report or to arrange for the entire committee to meet with you if you so choose. PAL:mec Enclosures 7 Very truly yours, 7.EeF; Z FF & LEFF i 1 Philip A. Leff JUL 28 1970 CITY CLERK'S 0 F FICIE I. 'HISTORICAL SYNOPSIS In order.to place the Report totheCity Council concerning the duties of the City Attorney in a proper perspective, the Committee believes that it is important to review.the expansion of the City Attorney's duties over the past fifteen (15) years. During the first part of this period, the affairs of the City were conducted in the old City Hall. The City Council met once a month with an occasional special meeting;.the City ;ianager.did not have an assistant; there was one City Engineer.for Iowa.City; the docket of the Police Court was considerably below the present level; and urban renewal and other Federal aid programs were not available. Following the removal of City offices to the present location there occurred coincidentally; (1) the purchase of the water company and the establishment of the sewage and water -operation as a municipal enterprise; (2) the filing of the electric and gas rate casewhich extended over a period of four (4) years; (3)'the enactment of a new comprehensive zoning ordinance and the enactment of the first Iowa City.subdivision ordinance; (4) a period of explosive growth in the City; and (5) an extensive street and sidewalk paving program. These developments resulted in a continual increase'of municipal services .which resulted in additional duties for the City Attorney, During the latter part of this period there have been further developments which involve the services of the City.Attorney: (1) council meetings are held weekly; (2). the activities of the Planning and Zoning Board -2- have multiplied; (3) changes in.the .State law increased City liability in civil cases; (4) the establishment of driver's license suspension regulations and improved traffic safety enforcement resulted in a sub- stantially greater number of contested traffic charges; and (5) joint planning with the University, other cities, and the county and the school board intensified. A variety of.Federal - City programs, including urban renewal, required close attention to .detailed rules and regulations by the City Attorney. From a historicalperspective.the.question arises as to why prior City Councils did not either.retain a full-time City Attorney or hirr2 additional help for the City.Attorney's office. Commencing in 1961, the City did grant the City.Attorney's office a part-time research assistant from the law school at the University of Iowa. The problem was partially alleviated by the use -of independent legal counsel in certain areas of city government, such.as the Airport. Commission and urban renewal. Further- more, the City increased the -amount of insurance coverage for municipal tort liability, thereby decreasing the number of cases involving the City Attorney. A second legal research.assistant was also employed. This is the first time that the council has made a comprehensive review of the overall duties, responsibilities and compensation of the Office of City Attorney. The committee feels strongly that the duties of the City Attorney have increased so dramatically in number and complexity that one attorney cannot perform. them. -3 - There has been an increase in .the amount of compensation paid to the City Attorney and a change in the procedure by which compensation is determined. At one time the 'salary of the City Attorney was based on a fixed annual salary but compensation is based now on an annual salary plus extraordinary compensation .for certain stated duties. The Committee believes that compensation for .legal services should be based upon the duties and responsibilities set forth later in this Report. II.. ISSUES The Committee believes thefollowing.questions have been raised by the City Council's.assignment.for the -Committee: 1. Who.does the City.Attorney represent? 2. What are the duties of .the City Attorney? 3.' Is a.full-time City Attorney necessary, is a part-time City Attorney sufficient, or is some combination of the two required to properly.fulfill.the duties of the City .Attorney? 4. Should the City -Attorney be the counsel for the local planning agency.in -the Urban Renewal Program? S. What salary.should be paid.to the City Attorney's.staff as recommended by.this Committee? -5 - Ill.: '.CONCLUSIONS The Committee has.reached.the.following conclusions in answer to these questions: 1. The City Attorney.represents-the citizens of Iowa City acting through its City Council, and.is.not legal counsel for the City Tianager:or-Department.Heads. It -is particularly important that.the'City.Attorney retain and maintain an independent status free from the.control of.the administration and answer— able only to the.Ci.ty.Council. 2. The.Committee experienced'.great difficulties in defining the duties of the City.Attorney',.and itis apparent that no clear definition of these.duties.exists*. For the benefit of the Council, the applicable provisions of.the Iowa Code and the Municipal Ordinance`are.set-forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto. The Committee'has-asked the City.Attorney to list the activities in which_he.has,-in.fact; participated as legal counsel'forthe'City.- These may be summarized as follows: A. Attendance.at all formal, and most informal, meetings of the City Council. B. Attendance.at special meetings of the City Council when requested by .the Council or City Manager, such.as meetings with the University, School Board, Planning & Zoning, and .other municipal organizations when.combined with meetings of the City.Council. C. .Attendance.at Board and -Commission meetings when requested, including Library.Board, Airport Commission, Planning and Zoning Commission, -.Board of.Adjustment, and participation as a member'.of the Police -and Fire.Pension Boards and Chairman of.the Joint Boards. D. Settlement of claims of less -.than $1,000.00 in amount, or litigation of .the same -where necessary. E. Performance as prosecutor for charges in Police Court, based upon violations of .the City ordinances when the same are assigned.for trial. .This includes review with citizens who may wish.to file charges themselves. G. Extensiveworkwith the Public Works Department in preparation of.contracts;".letting of bids; preparation of easements;-Quit.Claim Deeds, -and supporting resolutions; conferences necessary..to support public improvement pro- grams, plus the.collection of unpaid water and sewer bills. H. .Attendance.at.conferences'.on request for the organizations listed hereafter.: Provising opinions in the Community Development Department,.including Building Inspector and Housing Inspector;.Low-Rent Housing Coordinator, and Planning. Staff. Preparation and filing of charges' for violation of these.housing ordinances. Opinions are given regularly.to.the'.Board..of.Adjustment and to the staff of the -.Low -Rent Housing Agency.on eligibility under the Pro- gram, and.related'.matters. Preparation of leases for the Lm -P -Rent Housing Agency. Participation has been active in ..the:Urban Renewal Program. I. .General opinions, preparation.of resolutions, and general inquiries'.for.the-Fire.Department, City.Clerk, Finance Department, Parks.Department,.and City Manager. It.is the Committee's opinion.that a clear-cut definition of these duties is important.to determine which functions or duties arewithin the.regular salary of.the City Attorney, and which .duti.es:are the basis for-extraordinary.compensation. It is the conclusion of.the.Committee'that the -City Administration have unnecessarily required time expenditure by the City.Attorney and have oftea.sought his opinion on matters not requiring lega.l.counseL; but involving.general.administrative discretion. 3. The Committee recommends.that the City retain a part-time "corporate.counsel'' with a -full-time. assistant. The ti -me ex- penditure records submitted'.by:.the present City Attorney clearly indicate that. the .work.load -can readily be divided between a "Chief Legal. Counsel" .who'serves.as an advisor to the City .Council, and deals with the "higher-level".policy. decisions, and another.attorney.to.give.general legal counsel to the adminis- trative sections of -the muiu cipal government on the day-to-day routine problems which arise in its administration. -7 - The Committee believes that a full-time corporate counsel or "Chief Legal Counsel".is not feasible for -the following reasons: A. The need for independence.in representation and freedom from subservience.to the City Manager and other adminis- trative offices. - B. .The lack of tenure.and.legal inability of the City to provide tenure prevents.. qualified personnel from being available for thi.s.position. Itis the Committee's opinion ..that.the :."Chief_Legal-Counsel" for the City must be an attorney with -experience in.representing municipal govern- ments and highly-qualified.in general legal ability, to the same extent -that a,private corporation of the financial mag- nitude of.the City. of Iowa City would demand. It is the Committee.'s.opinion.that a -young lawyer without adequate experience.*ould not.be'.quali£ied.for this .position, and that the hiring of a single .full-time City Attorney would result in an inferior quality of services for -the City. The Committee proposes that.the duties of a full-time assistant attorney, who.could be.a.young attorney without the experience and maturity of the "Chief.Legal.Counsel" could be defined as follows: A. Advice to City Manager.and Department (leads on routine administrative matters. B. Representation of -the City on small claims. C. Maintaining -the Municipal.Code in current status. D. Representing the Low -Rent Housing Agency. E. Representing the'City.as prosecutor in Police Court. F. Providing the Police and Fire.Departments with educational training when requested. G. Presence when required.at meetings of the various commissions of the City. It- is the Committee's opinion that the full-time City Attorney should be under the direction and control of the "Chief Legal Counsel". The.Committee recommends that the full-time attorney keep careful time records of his expenditures, both for the purposes of evaluating his duties, and his compensation. -8- 4. It is the Committee's opinion .that neither the "Chief Legal Counsel" or the:full-time City -.Attorney should serve as legal counsel for the local Planning Agency under the Urban Renewal Program, and .that said Planning Agency should be represented by separate counsel:accountable.to the Planning Agency only. 5.. The Committee recommends that the. compensation arrangement for the positions of '.'Chief.Legal Counsel" and the full-time City Attorney.should be.as..follows: A. "Full-'timd,c .tv"-Attornev: An initial salary of from $9,000.00..to $15,000..00,' annually, depending upon the experience of the applicant. .The City should furnish the full-time attorney with'.a private office, secretarial services, -and a -basic -law library, all.located within the Civic Center. .It.is.anti.cipated that the "Chief Legal Counsel" would not have any law library -furnished by the City, butwould.utilize..the.services of the Law Library in the -Civic Center.. B. :Chief Legal Counsel: .The retainer fee should be between $12,000:OO..to.$18,000'.00..per year, without office allowance. This retainer.fee should be'a minimum annual fee, and the Chief .Legal Counsel.should maintain and submit annually his actual time expenditure..records. In the event the time expenditure records computed.at the :current Johnson County Bar -Association KInimum Fee'_Schedule produces a fee in excess of -the annual.retainer fee, said excess should be paid to the Chief Legal.Counsel.as.additional compensation. It is .contemplated that the time expenditures -should be submitted annually, and the.additional fees, if any, paid at.the end of each year. 6. The Committee.also feels .that it will be necessary for the City Council.to hire separate legal.counsel in highly -specialized areas, and that -it -should -not expect the Chief Legal Counsel to be experienced.and.competent in.all legal problems involving the.municipal.government.. The Committee will be pleased.to meet with the City Council to discuss these- recommendations in furtherdetail, or to answer questions posed by the Council or City Administration. submit -ed, `1� hilip Af � Leff, Cts' rman. 2.10.1-2.10.4 Chapter 2.10 CITY ATTORNEY Sections: 2.10.1 General Duties 2.10.2 Council Advisor 2.10.3 Prosecution 2.10.4 Records 2.10.1 General Duties. The City Attorney shall act to protect the interest of the City. 2.10.2 Council Advisor. The City Attorney shall advise the Council or any City officer, when requested, upon all legal questions arising in the conduct of business. I-fe shall prepare or revise ordinances when so requested by the City Council or City Manager; give his opinion upon any legal mat- ter or question submitted to him by the City Council, boards and commis- sions of the City or by any city administrative officer; attend all Council meetings in their entirety for the purpose of giving the Council any legal advise requested by its members; and prepare for execution all contracts and instruments to which the City is a party and shall approve, as to form, all bonds to be submitted to the City. The City Attorney shall have charge of all icgai services auxiliary to council action in connection with the appropn- ating of property of public use and leveling of assessments. 2.10.3 Prosecute Offenders. Prepare all charges and complaints against, and shall appear in the appropriate court in the prosecution of every person charged with the violation of a city ordinance or of any regulations adopted under the authority of the city, or with the commission of a misde- meanor as declared by city ordinances. In any prosecution for violation of a city ordinance or of any regulations adopted under the authority of the city, or with the commission of a misdemeanor as declared by city ordinances. In any prosecution for violation or regulation adopted by any board or com- mission created under the authority of the City Council. 2.10.4 !`.take Reports. A. REPORT OF DECISION. Report the outcome of any litigation of which the city has an interest to the city council. B. A;\ivUAL REPORT OF PENDING LITIGATION. Make an an- nual report to the City Council as of the first day of January, of all pending litigation in which the city has an interest and the condition thereof. EXHIBIT "A" PAGE 1 -2 - EXHIBIT "A" (cont'd.) Provisions from the Code of Iowa - 1966: 365.27 Jurisdiction--attorney--decision. The civil service com- mission shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters involving the rights of civil service employees, and may affirm, modify or reverse any case on its merits. The City attorney or solicitor shall be the attorney for the commission or when requested by the commission shall present any matters con- cerning civil service employees to the commission, except the commission in cities of over one hundred thousand population may hire a counselor or an attorney on a per diem basis to represent them other than the city attorney or solicitor when in the opinion of the commission there is a conflict of interest between the commission and the city council. 366A.1(11.) Defend employees. Have power to direct- the city attorney, or to employ an attorney, to defend any municipal officer or employees in any cause of action arising out of or in the course of the performance of the duties of his office or employment and to pay the costs of such defense. 410.2 and 411.5. The city attorney shall be a member of the Firemen's and Police Pension Boards. 441.4.1 Legal counsel. In the case of cities having an assessor, the city legal department shall represent the assessor and board of review in all litigation dealing with assessments. In the case of counties, the county attorney shall represent the assessor and board of review in all litigation dealing with assessments. Any taxing body interested in the tares received from such assessments may be represented by an attorney and shall be required to appear by attorney upon written request of the assessor to the presiding officer of any such taxing body. The conference board may employ special counsel to assist the city legal department or county attorney as the case may be. �CONM[IICL. - ,y�y� LQ i �ArtitiA CtT'L'lOMUI m•YOt EDGAR CZARNECKI COVNCMMEMBPS C L -T— BRAND? PE -NI DAV43SEN CAROL d.PtOSSE 1. ?r RC[ wreiE ris . Betty Parks 1421 Spruce St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Ms. Parks: CIVIC CENTER, 410 E. WASHINGTCN ST, I IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 319-354.1300 DENNIS KPAPT, ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your reappointment to a five-year term on the Board of Adjustment. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to January 1, 1980. I wish to thank you for your efforts while with the Board of Adjustment and appreciate your willingness to serve on the Board_ We look forward to working with you in the months ahead. Please feel free to call me if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R_ Czarnecki Mayor ERC :ckb p z n uA cITY: R1SW MAYOR EDGA1 CZAINECSI COUNC`.IME.MIRS C.l T--6RANDT PENNY DAVIOSEN CAROL AlnOSSE 1 PATICKW. iTE Cdr. Jerry Atkins 431 Scott Blvd. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Atkins: CIVIC CENTER. 410 E WASHINGTON ST. IOWA, CITY. IOWA 52243 319`35+-1500 DENNIS KRAFT. ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able appointment to a three-year term on the Board Council of Iowa City officially approved this regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. will run from January 1, 1975, to December 31, to inform you of your of Appeals. The City appointment at its Your term of office 1978. We appreciate your willingness to serve on the Board of Appeals and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Board o- Appeals in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chairman of (the Board of Appeals. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R. Czarnecki Mayor ERC:ckb MAYOR EDGA4 CiARNKKI CCUNCIUMEMjHi C.1 ''— SIANDT PENN`( DAIIDSEN CAAOE dePROSSE 1. PATa�CKWMIIE Mr. Fritz Louis 1136 E. Washington St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Louis: CIVIC CENTER, 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY. IOWA 522AO 319-351-1900 DENNI3 KRAFT. ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a three-year term on the Board of Appeals. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to December 31, 1978. We appreciate your willingness to serve on the Board of Appeals and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Board of Appeals in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chairman of the Board of Appeals. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R. Czarnecki Mayor ERC: ckb ca_MrNacc+i e 61 (�7& M ATW EDOA] UAkwrtl COI%(MEMiPS C L -1. PAN9T PENN' DAVIOSEN CAR01 d".055E J. PATC<K WI+TE Mr. R. M. Boggs 800 Eastmoor Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Boggs: CIVIC CENTER. 410 F_ WASE41MGTON ST. IOWA CITY• IOWA 52240 319-354.7900 DENNIS KRAFT. ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a two-year term on the Board of Examiners of Plumbers. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to December 31, 1976. We appreciate your willingness to serve on the Board of Examiners of Plumbers and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Board of Examiners of Plumbers in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chairman of the Board of Examiners of Plumbers. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R_ Czarnecki Mayor ERC:ckb MAYOI ED,AO CZARNECKI COIINCZ.." EMMa's C L. -T;m' p,ANDT F V.VY DAVIDSEN CAGOL J,VROSSE J. PATRICK W 419E K'4�1 CIVIC CENTER. -110 E. WASHINGTON ST. � � o"q IC%YA CITY. IOWA 52240 Ve�P 319-354-1800 Mr. Tom Scott 412 E. Fairchild St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Scott: DENNIS KRAFT. ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a three-year term on the Human Relations Commission_ The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to January 1, 1978. We appreciate your willingness to serve on Commission and look forward to working with you You should be receiving a packet of information the Human Relations Commission in the near futu. any unanswered questions please call the City M. the Chairman of the Human Relations Commission. to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. ERC:ckb the Human Relations in the months ahead. about the duties of re. If you have xnager's office or Please feel free Sincerely, Edgar R. Czarnecki Mayor ,, COMMEA '- - 'Paz n CIVIC CENTER, 410 E WASINGTON ST, IOWA tP.�y/i'.y/�JJ/ IOWCITY. IOWA 52210 l VV t DENNIS KRAf T. ACTING CITY MANAGER fQ%M cmr,"AI\. MAYOR .0GAY CZAINECR1 COUNC-1WM3ERS C I. -TN 3PAN0T FENNY DAVIDSEN CAROL cl. .SSE J. VA TACK WMTE Mr. Rick Price 834 Clark St. Iowa City, Iowa Dear Air. Price: 52240 January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a three-year term on the Human Relations Commission. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to January 1, 1978. We appreciate your willingness to serve on the Human Relations Commission and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Human Relations Commission in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office_ or the Chairman of the Human Relations Commission. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R_ Czarnecki Mayor EPC : ckb M ICY EVGAi CZAiNEC[I COIiNC1.UEM4itS C t T, a•>NOT PENNY OwrOSEN Cr+OI de?"SE January 3, 1975 ) Pn TRIC<W"n TE Mr. Barry Matsumoto 1015 Oakcrest St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Matsumoto: It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a three-year term on the Human Relations Commission. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to January 1, 1978. P7e appreciate your willingness to serve on the Human Relations Commission and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Human Relations Commission in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chairman of the Human Relations Commission. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R. Czarnecki Mayor ERC:ckb COMMt1LC%.N p - I 1 MAYOR EDOAv C[A4NKR1 CO1_-NC1MEM3E+S C.I T, ERANDT PENNY DAYIDSEN CA20L d.PROSSE 1 PATZC[WHITE Mr. Tom Cilek 618 Wheaton Rd. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Cilek: CIVIC CENTER. 41D E WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY. IOWA 52240 314354.11300 DENNIS KRAFT. ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a four-year term on the Parks and Recreation Commission. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to January 1, 1979. Ile appreciate your willingness to serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Parks and Recreation Commission in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chair- man of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R. Czarnecki Mayor ERC:ckb :OMMI�CIFS�. O 1 'c I s� o I MAYOi EDGAR CZARNECAI COUNCILMEMIERS C L' -t,' ERANOT PENNY DAVIDSEN CAROL dePROSSE J. PAT ROCK WHITE Ms. teary Mascher 358 Bon Aire Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear bls. Mascher: CIVIC CENTER. 410 E WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 Ki 374354-1cYY1 DENNIS KRAFT_ ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a four-year term on the Parks and Recreation Commission. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to January 1, 1979. we appreciate your willingness to serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Parks and Recreation Commission in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chair- man of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R. Czarnecki Mayor ERC:ckb COMMCIPtc 0 Y CIVIC CENTER, 410 E WASHINGTON ST, !'' Sn •� , IOWA CITY. IOWA 522,0 trlT, awn= MAYG1 E04:�4R UARNECU CppNC, V EM3EfS C t. I— SRANDE FENNY OVIMSEN CP01 l>PMSSE /. PAtR CC'.v M+i'c Mr. Robert Kelley 321 Windsor Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Kelley: DENNIS KRAFT, ACTING CITY MANAGER January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a four-year term on the Parks and Recreation Commission. The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to January 1, 1979_ ire appreciate your willingness to serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Parks and Recreation Commission in the near future. If you have any unanswered questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chair- man of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R. Czarnecki Mayor ERC:ckb COM MC O CIVIC CENTER. 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. ^ OQ 61 (S'7"0ff'0"r)K// 4 - IOWA CITY. IOWA 52240 y 319-354-1800 DENNIS KRAFT. ACTING CITY MANAGER :CIM qty'' T%!M; •• \�swM111S�..: MA?04 EY At CZAiNKKI COUNCL-EMAERS C t T— BRANDT PEN-- DAVIDSEN CAto! d.stossf 1. PA Ti C4 w!.ITE Ms. Jane Jakobsen 1204 E. Washington Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Ms. Jakobsen: January 3, 1975 It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you of your appointment to a five-year term on the Planning and Zoning Commission_ The City Council of Iowa City officially approved this appointment at its regular Council meeting of December 30, 1974. Your term of office will run from January 1, 1975, to May 1, 1980. We appreciate your willingness to serve on the Planning and Zoning Commission and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. You should be receiving a packet of information about the duties of the Planning and Zoning Commission in the near future. If you have any un- answor-ed questions please call the City Manager's office or the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Please feel free to call me, as well, if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Edgar R_ Czarnecki Mayor ERC: ckb Though it is likely that I will in my capacity as legal advisor to the Board of Supervisors have a good many future occasions to work with this and future councils, I do wish to make a few final remarks as a member of the City Council of Iowa City. Initially, some thoughts and suggestions at random: You have responded favorably to my recent suggestions for repealing portions of our code which no longer serve a valid purpose, if indeed they ever did. There are others, and I hope you will act to repeal them as well. Specifically, the city's curfew ordinance is both unenforced and unenforceable --more importantly, it improperly attempts to prohibit action without regard to whether persons or property are harmed or threatened. Such an ordinance is overbroad and unnecessary. The mayor's emergency authority is adequate for the only appropriate use of a curfew. The chapter of the city code which, by its title, purports to regulate public morals and decency ought to be repealed in its virtual entirety. The section on lewdness is likely unconstitutional. The sections prohibiting fornication, nightwalking and vagrancy do not deal with any legitimate criminal societal concern. An antiquated section on 'resorts" seems to make it illegal, inter alia, to be at a place where liquor is kept. The section prohibiting sale of contrceptives is not only unnecessary but also contravenes the present law of the State of Iowa. Also in contravention of state law is our present ordinance prohibiting gambling. All of these provisions ought promptly to be repealed and I hope you will follow through. As the Council expands to seven members, all to be elected next fall, the time is at hand to deal with and improve the ability of all people to seek to participate in the government of this city. Several steps are appropriate: (1) This Council should pass an ordinance and budget funds providing a salary of $300044000 per year for members of the Council. The time demands of this position range now variously from 20-35 hours per week. This carries with it for most people a significant economic.cost. The average wage-earner or homemaker is simply precluded from participation by these time constraints. Compensation in that range would at least help somewhat open the door to a broader cross-section of people. (2) The city should undertake a vigorous program to obtain a committment from employers to support employee participation in city government --both on the Council and its boards and commissions. Employers in this community are to be commended for long recognizing the need for a multitude of financial contributions to various concerns --but they must become equally aware of our need for the resources of their employees in city government d the need, therefore, to adjust and modify work schedules and in hatever ways appropriate encourage employee participation. (3) The Council must act this next year on a municipal campaign finances ordinance. Reasonable expenditure limits should be set both on total campaign expenditures and on individual contributions. A timely reporting requirement should be included. I also recommend adopting some degree of city funding for municipal campaigns. Taken together, I believe that these measures would better assure a parity among potential candidacies, a more broadly-based exchange on election issues and a more representative Council. There are two rather more general matters which I want to discuss: I have been, I believe, in the vanguard of those who have argued and worked for a greater level of citizen participation in city government --and we have made substantial progress. Much is left to be done, but I leave this Council confident that you will continue that progress. Without wanting to slow that effort, I do want to underscore an important caveat. Citizen participation cannot be used as a substitute for leadership by the elected policy -makers. Ours is, even at the local level, a republican or representative government. It is not accidentally so. The elected representatives and citizens themselves ✓ have a responsibility to create and maintain a citizen participation process which will discern issues and both define and refine alternative solutions. The citizen participation process needs the Council's involvement in it to be most meaningful. Likewise, the Council needs open active citizen participation to be truly effective. The process should not be one in which the elected representatives delegate their responsibilities --rather, one which improves and enlarges the abilities of the elected representatives to actually represent. This will be equally true under the new charter's provisions for initiative and referendum. Just as I believe past Councils failed adequately to understand the potential and meaning of citizen participation, so also do I believe future Councils under the charter could be tempted to relinquish their necessary positions of leadership in the face of new citizen participation strengths. It must be remembered that representative local government is fully compatible with a high level of citizen participation --but neither can exist very effectively without the other. More than any other single item perhaps, it is my hope that I leave with this Council a greater awareness of the total system within which it operates. I am an advocate of what I hope will emerge as a fully cooperative intergovernmental decision-making process. This decision-making process which we seek must be a partnership among governmental agencies at and between all levels. This partnership is, in one sense, what we call regionalism and extends to efforts to structure a system of close interrelationships and co-ordination between city, county, areawide or regional, state, multi -state and federal levels. The vast majority of substantive issues at all of these levels will most.effectively be addressed by such a decision-making process --this partnership among agencies at a given level and between levels themselves. This process will include local government as a full partner only to the extent that those in and supportive of local government and home rule support with equal strength their regional councils. Lacking that strength of support, regional or areawide problems will tend to be dealt with by the state and the future of home rule as well as the quality of the process will suffer. Regionalism is local power --yet this Council, not unlike others, has not yet fully realized the promise and potential of regionalism. -That full realization will finally come only when the Council demonstrates a willingness, when appropriate, to subordinate portions of its individual will and responsibility to the collective will and responsibility of the region. We cannot move forward together with other agencies and maintain a completely autonomous posture. That day will sooner come when it is, properly, seen as an enlargement of the potential of local government. Lastly, some personal reflection. I am grateful to the people of this incredible city for twice giving me the opportunity to serve them. I am appreciativethatthe members of this Council and the two past Councils have been willing to listen to new questions and new ideas. I am thankful for the patience and strength of my wife and daughter which have nurtured this literal labor of love for five years past. It has been a joy to have worked with so many competent people. You all have my thanks and very best wishes for the future. For myself, the first or perhaps the second days night has come --but certainly not the last. Another starts yet this week. I shall continue to work for a city and state that vision builds. It is, indeed, not too late to seek a newer world, but truly, we all have miles to go before we sleep. J. Patrick White AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, THE IOWA CITY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES f3No7 THE AMERICAN FEDERATION STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 183, AFL-CIO F L5 � r DLn DEC2 71974 ABBIF S T OLFUS CITY CLERIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble I. Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. Management Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 III. Dues Check -Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 IV. Hours of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. Clean-up time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 B. Meal Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 C. Definition of Overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. Overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Overtime Rest Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 D. Minimal Call -In Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 E. Overtime Equalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 V. Bulletin Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 VI Union Business Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 VII. Steward Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 VIII. Personnel Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 IX. Vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 X. Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 XI. Sick Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 XII. On -The -Job Injury Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 XIII. Special Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A. Funerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 B. Leaves Without Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 C. Jury Duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 D. Voting Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 E. Military Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 F. Pregnancy Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 XIV. Recovery and Rehabilitation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 XV. Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 XVI. Seniority and Impact of Seniority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 XVII. Effect of Seniority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 XVIII. Separation because of Curtailment of Work or Lack of Funds (Lay-Off).17 XIX. Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 XX. Clothing Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 XXI. Grievance Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A. Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 B. Grievance Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 XXII. Grievances Against Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 XXIII. General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 XXIV. Pay Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 XXV. Rules and Procedures for Future Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 XXVI. Duration of Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 XXVII. Savings Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Appendix A AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, THE IOWA CITY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 183, AFL-CIO PREAMBLE This Agreement is entered into by and between the City of Iowa City, Iowa, and City of Iowa City Library Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the Employer, "City or Management", and Local 183 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal employees, hereinafter referred to as the Union. The Employer and the Union recognize their responsibilities under Federal, State, and local laws relating to fair employment practices and appropriate labor legislation; and reaffirm their commitment to the moral principles involved in the area of civil rights. The parties agree that there shall be no discrimination because of race, creed, sex, color, age, nationality, or political beliefs, or for participation in or affili- ation with any labor organization. The City and the Union agree that the provisions of this Agreement shall apply to all employees covered by the Agreement without dis- crimination. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth terms and conditions of employment, and to promote harmonious, orderly, and peaceful labor relations for the mutual interest of the Employer, the Union, and the citizens of Iowa City. The Employer and the Union encourage to the fullest degree friendly and coopera- tive relations between their respective representatives. The parties recognize that the interest of the community and job security of the employees depend on the Employer's success in establishing and maintaining efficient, expeditious public services to the community. I Municipal Employees, Local 183, as the exclusive representative of permanent City employees, excluding admini.Strative, confidential, supervisory, professional (except professional librarians), and permanent part-time employees of less than twenty (20) hours per week, and bonified public safety personnel, for the purposes of resolving differences, establishing rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment. The Employer agrees to consult with the Union concerning matters effecting the working conditions of its members to the extent that such conferences do not abrogate or in any matter abridge the right of Management to conduct business as set forth in this Agreement. The Employer agrees not to encourage, aid, or finance any other labor group or organization which purports to engage in collective bargaining or make any concurrent agreements with individuals, groups, or organizations for the purposes of undermining the recognized Union during the life of this contract. II. MANAGEMENT RIGHTS The parties to this Agreement recognize that specific areas of responsibility must be reserved to Management if the public service mission of the City is to func- tion effectively. Unless specifically modified by any subsection of this contractual Agreement, Management reserves the right to: A. Determine the nature, scope, and definition of the City organiza- tion including: classification, pay scale, relationships, selection number, retention, promotion, reorganization, transfer, deployment, assignment, lay-off, recall, and scheduling of employees; B. Determine the methods, means, tools and equipment, personnel by which operations are to be conducted, including the right to con- tract and subcontract existing and future work; D. Discipline, suspend, demote, and/or discharge employees in accor- dance with established procedures for just cause. Disciplinary actions or measures may include one or more, or all of, the following in order: oral reprimand, written reprimand, suspen- sion, demotion, or discharge; E. Require when necessary, that employees take in-service training either on or off duty hours, with pay; F. Take the necessary measures to maintain optimum productivity in operations; G. Determine the necessity of overtime; the amount of overtime required, the nature of overtime (compensatory or paid), and when compensatory time shall be taken; H. Determine the scope, priority, and amount of budget allocations. All rights and responsibilities of Management not specifically modified by this Agreement shall remain the function of Management; and the provisions of this Agreement may be suspended by the City Council for the duration of a declared emergency. III. DUES CHECK -OFF The Employer agrees to deduct the Union membership fee and dues, once each month, from the pay of those employees who individually authorize in writing that such deductions be made. All authorizations delivered to the Employer prior to the first day of the month shall become effective during that succeeding month. Check -off monies will be deducted from the first paycheck of each month and shall be remitted together with an itemized statement to the Union Treasurer, within 15 days after the deductions have been made. An employee shall cease to be subject to check -off deductions beginning with authorization for check -off deductions upon written notice to the Employer and the Union. The cancellation will become effective one month immediately subsequent to the request for such cancellation. The Union will protect and save harmless the Employer from any and all claims, demands, suits, and other forms of liability by reason of action taken by the Employer for the purpose of complying with Sections A & B above. IV. HOURS OF WORK The regular work week shall consist of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour days, starting Monday, except for part-time employees or those employees on regularly scheduled six (6) or seven (7) - day operations. The regular hours of work each day shall consist of eight (8) hours per day within a twenty-four (24) - hour period, except for part-time employees. The Employer agrees there shall be a fifteen (15) -minute rest period near the middle of each four (4) -hour work period, except in public transit operations where special provisions for rest periods are required. Transit operations require that rest periods be scheduled as lay -over time on each route and the timing and extent of such lay -over availability will be determined by the total time necessary to complete such route. Length and scheduling of lunch breaks and the scheduling and location of rest periods shall be determined by the Head of the Department or his/her designee. Each work shift shall have a regular starting and quitting time except the Library, Police, and Transit operations, where split shifts or other deviations from normal scheduling is necessary to expedite the mission of the operation. Whenever it becomes necessary for a Department Head to change the starting and ending hours of daily work for an employee, the employee shall still be required to complete an eight (8) -hour day of work. There shall be no discrimination or favoritism shown toward any hour's work in any continuous twenty-four (24) -hour period. Whenever changes are required, the employee shall be notified on the day preceding the workday affected, except in the case of emergencies. Employees shall be notified twenty-four (24) hours in advance if they are required to work on a holiday, where they were not otherwise schedule to work. A. Clean-up Time Individuals employed in labor and trades classifications shall be granted a five (5) -minute personal clean-up period or such reason- able time as determined by the immediate supervisor prior to the end of their work day. B. Meal Periods All employees shall be granted a lunch period of not less than 30 minutes during each work day. Whenever possible, the lunch period shall be scheduled at the middle of the work day. In transit opera- tions meal periods will be scheduled into the lay -over time provided for each route and the timing and extent of the meal period will be determined by the amount of lay -over time available to the driver when he desires to eat a meal. C. Definition of Overtime Overtime, is the work performed beyond an employee's regular quitting time and it must have been assigned by the employee's Department Head or another supervisory employee given this authority by the Department Head. All such time, in excess of a normal eight (8) -hour working day, worked in the twenty-four (24) houred period beginning with the start of the employee's normal working shift that day, shall be considered as over- time and credited to the calendar day on which the twenty-four (24) the employee's work week shall be considered as overtime, except for those employees on rotating shifts where -the shift rotation sometimes results in deviation from the scheduled work week. For part-time employees, all working time in one day excess of that worked by full-time employees in a normal eight (8) -hour working day shall be considered as overtime as shall any time worked in excess of what the full-time employee works in a normal work week. 1. Overtime Employees who are employed in excess of eight (8) hours per day or forty (40) hours per week, except in public transit operations where special provisions for overtime are required, shall be granted compen- sation equal to one and one-half times the number of hours worked. In transit operations overtime is defined as all time worked driving a bus in excess of eight (8) hours per day. The amount of overtime will be determined by the scheduling of each route. In addition, transit drivers will be paid for report and turn in time not to exceed a total of twenty (20) minutes each day at the applicable straight time rate for each driver The City Manager or Library Director for Library employees shall review and approve all assigned overtime, and payment for overtime shall be made on the next paycheck provided the conditions of service make it impractical to grant compensatory time off. Compensatory time shall be taken at such times as the Department Head shall determine it will not impair the functions of the Department; and all compensatory time shall be used within the same pay period it is earned. 2. Overtime Rest Period In the event an employee is required and in fact works at least two (2) hours or more beyond the employee's normal end -of -work day, the D. E. a) provide for a rest period for at least one-half (1/2) hour immediately following the normal end -of -work day or; b) provide for one additional one-half (1/2) hour paid compen- sation at the overtime rate, if the overtime commenced immediately following the normal end -of -work day, and no rest period was provided as stated in "a)" immediately above. Minimal Call -In Time An employee who has left his or her normal place of work for their residence and is called back to work, shall be credited a minimum of two (2) hours of overtime, provided the employee has completed the normally scheduled and assigned work day. Overtime Equalization 1. When overtime work is required, it shall be approved by the employee's immediate supervisor, and it shall be equalized as nearly as possible among employees holding like job classifications within a single departmental division. In assigning overtime, the person with the necessary qualifica- tions and abilities and with the least number of overtime hours in that classification will be asked to volunteer first. In the event that overtime hours among employees in that classification are equal, the most senior employee will be asked to volunteer first. If there is no qualified volunteer for the required overtime to be worked, the employer shall choose the employee with the least credited overtime hours and that employee will be assigned the work. If there are two or more employees with identical overtime hours, the employee with the least seniority shall be assigned the work. V. 2 An'up-to=date list by`classification showing overtime hours will be administered and posted monthly in a prominent place in each departmental division. The overtime equaliza- tion chart shall be updated as much as possible, at least on a monthly basis, and the accumulated number of overtime hours will be carried forward to the next succeeding chart. On January 1 of each year, a new accumulation of overtime hours shall be started for each individual covered thereby. Employees newly entered in a group as a new hire, a trans- ferred or promoted employee shall be credited with the highest number of hours of the equalization group which that individual enters. Any employee shall be excused by their Department Head because of physical inabilities to perform the over- time work or for a serious personal need. BULLETIN BOARDS The Employer shall assign space on bulletin boards which shall be used by the Union for posting notices, bearing the written approval of the Union. Copies of all notices posted shall be made available to the City Personnel Director at times that notices are posted. In no event shall a bulletin board be used for political purposes, or for any purpose that will in any way injure the City or its employees. Posting of the Union notices shall be restricted to: a. Notices of Union recreational and social affairs; b. Notices of Union elections; C. Notices of Union appointments and results of Union elections; d. Notices of Union meetings; e. Other notices of bonified Union affairs which are not political endorse- ments or libelous in nature. Permission must be obtained from the City Personnel Director before there is any subject the offender to discipline. VI. UNION BUSINESS AGENTS Authorized Union business agents, not to exceed two (2) at any one time, may have access to the City facilities during regular working hours to investigate matters directly relating to the administration of this Agreement. However, such individuals shall notify the City Manager or in his absence, the City Personnel Director, before entering City facilities. It is understood that there shall be no interruption, dis- ruption, or interference with the City's operations and that the visiting agent or agents shall adhere to all City safety and security procedures. VII. STEWARD REPRESENTATION Eligible employees shall have the right to be represented by a Union steward in the process of resolving disagreements or problems, if they so choose. Individuals choosing to represent themselves without Union assistance shall not be compelled to be represented by a Union representative. If an employee utilizes the support of a Union steward, the steward shall be granted no more than two hours per work week with pay and the supervisor's permission, for the purpose of representing an employee in the grievance procedure. VIII. PERSONNEL TRANSACTIONS Employees shall receive a copy of any personnel transaction or evaluation affect- ing them. Employees shall have access to their personnel files upon reasonable notice and under the supervision of an employee of the Personnel Office. IX. VACATION Vacation shall be earned and accumulated by pay periods according to the following schedule: LENGTH OF SERVICE 0- 5 years 5-10 years 10-20 years 20 + years 5 hours 6 hours 7 hours 96 hours (12 D) 120 hours (15 D) 144 hours (18 D) 168 hours (21 D) Professional librarians shall receive 22 vacation days per year. The maximum annual carry-over and the maximum number of hours eligible for pay- ment upon separation shall be one hundred and ninety two (192) hours. X. HOLIDAYS The following days are declared paid holidays for all City employees: 1. The first day of January (New Year's Day). 2. The third Monday of February (Washington's Birthday). 3. The last Monday in May (Memorial Day). 4. The fourth day of July (Independence Day). 5. The first Monday of September (Labor Day). 6. The fourth Monday in October (Veteran's Day). 7. The fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day). e. The day after Thanksgiving. 9. The twenty-fifth day of December (Christmas Day). 10. One Personal Leave Day. Employees, with the approval of the Department Head, shall also choose the day before or after Christmas, or the day before or after New Years Day as an additional holiday. If the employee wishes a different day between Christmas and New Years, he/she may select it with the approval of the Department Head. Those employees working on a continuous shift who are required to work on a holiday as part of their regular shift schedule shall be given hours of holiday time off at some other time. Those employees not on a continuous shift who are required 1 to work on a holiday shall be paid for the holiday hours worked at the rate of 112 times the normal rate of pay in addition to receiving holiday pay. If the holiday falls on Sunday, the following day (Monday) shall be observed. However, if the holiday falls on Saturday, the City will recognize the preceding Friday as a holiday. XI. SICK LEAVE Accumulation. All permanent full-time employees shall earn 4 hours of sick leave per pay period. Employees who are granted a leave of absence with pay for any purpose shall continue to earn sick leave at the prescribed rate. Sick leave cannot;be earned for leave without pay and only employees in a permanent position shall be granted sick leave. Accumulation shall commence at the time of appoint- ment. Employees shall have the right to accumulate unused sick leave up to a maximum of 1,440 hours (180 days). Upon termination of employment, accumulated sick leave shall be compensated for on the basis of one-half of accumulated sick leave and paid at the employee's current salary. Employees must have been employed on a permanent basis for the equivalent of more than one year of continuous service to be eligible for payment of accumulated sick leave. A day of sick leave shall be cancelled for each day an employee is off sick during a normal work week, or if less than a day, on an hour -for -hour basis. In the event of an on the job injury, the employee may use sick leave after two full working days immediately following the disabling situation. After the seventh (7) day following a disabling situation Worker's Compensation benefits are payable. At this time the employee may continue to use accumulated sick leave in combination with Worker's Compensation benefits to a maximum of 100% of normal pay until such sick leave accumulation is exhausted. and if the injury or illness_ is deemed compensable pursuant to State Worker's Com- pensation Laws and any related legislation, and if the City's medical adviser determines that time off from work is required, no deductions shall be made from the employee's sick leave or annual accumulations for a period not to exceed two (2) full working days immediately following the disabling situation per incident. If the disabled employee requires more than the two (2) work -day period in which to recuperate and return to work, the employee may be subject to normal sick leave and if necessary, the leave of absence provisions. XIII. SPECIAL LEAVES A. Funerals. Employees will be granted up to three days leave per incident with no loss of compensation nor loss of accrual from Sick, Annual nor Compensatory time to attend the funeral of his or her spouse, children, mother, father, stepparents, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents, aunt or uncle, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, habitual member of the immediate household permanently having resided under the same roof, or for a military funeral in which such employee is an official participant. If additional time is needed sick leave may be used to maximum of three days with the Department Head's approval. B. Leaves of Absence Without Pay. A leave of absence without pay is a prede- termined amount of time off from work, which has been recommended by the employee's Department Head and approved by the City Manager or Library Director for Library employees. Such leave shall not extend beyond twelve months, but may be extended with the written approval of the City Manager. With the exception of maternity and military leaves, the fact that such a leave is possible does not mean that the requested leave must be granted. A Leave of Absence deprives the employee's depart- ment of the services of an employee, who it is assumed is needed if the department is to properly do its job. Leaves of Absences Without Pay, except in the case of leaves are granted or not. When an employee is granted a Leave of Absence Without Pay, the Department Head commits himself/herself to allowing the employee to return to work at the end of the leave to the same duties that the employee was performing when he/she went on leave. The Employee will return to the same step within the pay range that he/she was on at the time of commencement of the unpaid leave. The pay range to which the employee returns will be that prevailing at the time of return to work for the employee's position within the current classification. Any substitutes hired to fill in for employees on Leaves of Absence Without Pay, should be hired accordingly. When granted a Leave of Absence Without Pay, the employee commits himself to returning to work at the end of the Leave. Failure to contact the Department Head or the Personnel Director at the end of the leave shall be grounds for labeling the separation from City service a dismissal. During a leave of absence without pay, the employee: a. Does not receive pay from the City. b. Does not earn Vacation nor Sick leave. C. Must utilize all accumulated vacation and compensatory leaves until they expire, except in case of disciplinary action when such leaves may not be used to offset the action. d. Has no time deducted from Sick leave, except in cases of on the job injury or other incapacitation, in which case Sick leave may be used until accruals are exhausted. e. Cannot pay retirement contributions if the leave exceeds one month in duration. f. Must pay group hospitalization premiums falling due during any month the employee is not on the payroll. g. Must pay premiums for coverage under the group life insurance plan. h. Shall not receive any other benefits during the period of absence. C. Jury Duty. Employees on jury duty shall be paid by the employer in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of wages the employee would have earned by working during straight time hours for the employer on that day and the daily jury duty fee paid by the courts, not including traveling allowances or reimburse- ment of expenses, for each day on which the employee reports for or performs jury duty and on which he or she otherwise would have been scheduled for work for the employer and will not be charged against the employee's annual leave or sick leave. An employee on a jury panel shall return to work for the balance of the day when the employee is excused by the court from further attendance, if more than one hour of the normal work day remains at the time of his/her dismissal from the court. Only permanent City employees shall be eligible for this benefit. Employees shall be granted leave with pay when required to be absent to serve as a court witness and shall be paid in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of wages the employee would have earned by working during straight time hours for the employer on that day and the compensation received as a witness. D. Voting Time. If an employee is required and in fact works during hours that would make it impossible to vote in National, State, or local elections, sufficient time to vote will be provided for this purpose. E. Military Leave. All officials and employees of the City, other than temporary employees who are members of the National Guard, organized reserves, or any component part of the military, naval, or air forces of the United States or who may be otherwise inducted into the military service of Iowa or of the United States, shall, when ordered by proper authority to active state or federal service, be entitled to a or federal service without loss of status or seniority and without loss of pay during the first 30 days of such leave of absence. The City Manager may make a temporary appointment to fill any vacancy created by such leave of absence. Employees who have been in the Armed Services under military leave from the City, shall upon reinstatement to City employment maintain the original employment date for purpose of calculating seniority and eligibility for salary adjustment consideration, the same as though the time spent in the military service had been spent in employment for the City, providing that such employee has received an honorable separation from the Armed Service. F. Pregnancy Leave. Recognizing the changing nature of this issue, the Employer and the Union agree to comply with EEOC regulations and legislation concerning this issue. Disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and recovery therefrom are, for all job-related purposes, temporary disabilities, and are treated as such under the City's sick leave plan. In addition, a woman anticipating maternity shall be entitled to a leave of absence according to rules governing unpaid leaves. When said employee gives notification to the City of her desire to return to work, the City shall reinstate said employee within two weeks from receipt of notification andl in accordance with the seniority provisions of the City for its employees. All employees requiring such leave shall notify the department head at least five months) prior to the anticipated date of delivery. Employees may be employed as long as health permits. Employees granted such leave shall present a doctor's statement as to pregnancy and recovery therefrom. Any employee who does not report back to work by the expiration date as set forth in her leave of absence notice, or does not receive an approved extension or who accepts other employment while on leave from the City, or who withdraws her retirement savings will be considered to have 15 terminated her employment with the City. Disposition of all requests for leaves of absence and extensions thereof shall be in writing. problem drinking. All employees of the City of Iowa City on all levels are eligible for treatment and rehabilitation. The City of Iowa City recognizes that problem drinking is an illness. It will be approached in the same manner as are other chronic and medical condi- tions. 2. Procedures.The early identification and rehabilitation of the employee with a drinking problem is the responsibility of the immediate supervisor. The supervisor is responsible for determining what constitutes satisfactory work performance. Although maximum assistance through rehabilitation will be extended, if job performance is not raised to an acceptable level appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. Employees who suspect they may have a drinking problem, even in the early stages, are encouraged to seek treatment or counseling on a confidential basis through a recognized problem drinking center. If the employee does not seem in complete control of the personal situation, the supervisor shall be responsible for the referral in conjunction with the Department Head and Personnel Director XV. INSU%.ANCE The Employer shall subscribe (at the employee's option) to a health care insurance policy with major medical benefits for the employee on either a single or family -plan pursuant to relevant policy procedures. The above medical insurance is to be provided at no cost to full-time permanent employees and will be provided on a prorated basis to less than full-time permanent employees. The Employer shall also subscribe to a life insurance policy for the employee to the next greater even thousand dollar amount over their annual salary. XVI. SENIORITY AND IMPACT OF SENIORITY Seniority is defined as the length of continuous service with the City since date of last hire to a permanent position. Seniority shall begin on the day of employment but shall not apply until the probationary period has been completed. New employees may acquire seniority by working six (6) continuous months, in which event the employee's seniority will date back to the date of hire. When the employee acquires seniority, the individual's name shall be placed on the seniority list,.in.order of the seniority date. An up-to-date seniority list shall be furnished to the Union every six (6) months. An employee shall cease.to have seniority and is no longer employed if: 1. The employee resigns. 2. The employee is discharged for just cause. 3. The employee is absent from work for a period of three consecutive days without notifying the employer. 4. If the employee fails to give two weeks notification of intent to return to work at the expiration of a leave of absence, or if the employee does not immediately return to work and does not request and receive a written exten- sion of said leave of absence. This shall not be interpreted to allow a grace period of three days after leave of absence. An employee shall accrue seniority while absent because of illness or injury. The right to re-employment and the continuing seniority rights of any permanent employee who now or hereinafter is a member of the armed services of the United States shall be governed by the laws of the United States or any regulations, order or directive or rule of any authorized agency thereof. XVII. EFFECT OF SENIORITY Upon successful completion of a probationary period, the employee gains a seniority date in that employee's job classification allowing the employee: a. Additional consideration for job reassignments, transfers, and promotions; b. Primary consideration in scheduling vacations and/or other leaves; C. Additional consideration in case of a lay-off situation, and prime consideration for recall to work. XVIII. SEPARATION BECAUSE OF CURTAILMENT OF WORK OR LACK OF FUNDS (LAY-OFF) 1. "Curtailment of.work" is a situation in which the need for the employee's services are no longer required because the City no longer performs the functions to which the employee was assigned, to the degree that the same number of employees are needed. "Lack of Funds" is a situation in which the City is forced to drop positions because it does not have the funds to pay the salaries of the incumbent employees. In the event separation because of curtailment of work or lack of funds, such reductions in force shall be limited to the department involved and shall be made in the following order. The order within each designated category shall be deter- mined by the Department Head's evaluation of the employee's relative value toward coping with the remaining work load of the department, giving considerations to classification and length and quality of City and departmental service. 1) Temporary part-time employees 2) Temporary full-time employees or employees on specially budgeted programs. l 5) Full-time employees with regular status. (Probation completed). 6) The Union agrees that the above sequence of reduction in force shall be subject to any City agreements regarding equal employment opportunity and any affirmative action commitments. Employees who have been promoted but who are serving a promotional probationary period at the time of such reduction in force shall be considered as holding a position in the highest classification in which they have completed the proba- tionary period. Employees separated because of "lack of funds" shall be given formal written notice at least two weeks in advance of the date of separation or two weeks of regular pay in lieu of such notice. The names of such separated employees who have regular status shall be placed on "re-employment lists" for prime consideration in case of call-backs in the same or similar capacity. The parties to this Agreement recognize that the right to contract and subcon- tract is vested in the employer. It is understood that this right shall not be used for the purpose or intention of undermining the Union, nor to discriminate against any of its employees. XIX. SAFETY All City employees shall be responsible for implementation of job assignments in the safest manner possible. Prime consideration shall always be given to the safety of the employee. The City of Iowa City, recognizes and endorses the spirit and the letter of both the Federal and State occupational Safety and Health Acts, and shall endeavor to achieve technical and attitudinal compliance with prescribed requirements, recommendations and procedural methods. the implementation of appropriate safety standards within their respective activity areas, periodically reviewing accident frequency and causes and inspecting for and correcting safety hazards. Insure that all new and current employees (including seasonal, temporary, and/or part-time) are thoroughly advised, instructed and supervised in necessary safety policies, practices and procedures. Promulgate and provide full good faith support to the City's safety program. The Department Head shall make reasonable provisions for the safety and health of employees during the hours of their employment and shall provide for appropriate use of and access to protective devices and other equipment necessary to protect the employees from injury and sickness in conformity with statutory requirements. Assist the Safety Committee in arranging meetings and be present during safety inspections and training sessions. Make arrangements for employees designated as Safety Committee members to have time off for officially designated meetings (as coordinated by the Personnel Director). Wherever possible, follow through with Safety Committee recommendations in correcting hazardous conditions or otherwise provide for alleviation of the unsafe act or condition through innovative means or other course of affirmative action. Immediately investigate accidents and prepare all necessary forms for appropriate documentation of on the job injuries and accidents. Recommend appropriate disciplinary measures for violation of prescribed safety procedures. All City Employees Shall: Be thoroughly familiar with safety requirements and practices for their respective assignments.- Ignorance of such requirements shall r.e I not obviate the severity of safety.violations nor lessen associated disciplinary measures. Actively participate in the safety program'. IMMEDIATELY reporting unsafe or poten- tially dangerous conditions and accidents or injuries to their supervisors. Realize that horseplay, fooling around, wrestling, practical jokes, or any hazing of co-workers constitute a violation of safety practices and shall be cause for disciplinary action commensurate with the severity of the situation. Remain attentive and receptive to precedural changes in safety activities and points of information presented at training sessions and meetings. Safety Committee: The SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS shall be appointed by the City Manager considering such characteristics as field of expertise in safety, and general compatibility with safety goals and orientations. XX. CLOTHING ALLOWANCE Employees who are required to wear special uniforms will be provided with such uniforms and the cleaning and maintenance of same by the employer. Outerwear, including hats, jackets, and coats, will not be provided, except for Parking Enforcement Attendants. The employer will provide all required protective clothing, or protective devices, including one half (1/2) the -price of an initial purchase of safety shoes to a maxi- mum of $20.00 and an amount of $15.00 annually for the replacement of such shoes. The employee shall provide the full cost of safety prescription lenses. Standards and requirements for safety equipment will be determined by regulations implementing the OSHA. XXI. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE Grievances shall be defined as any dispute regarding the meaning, interpretation, application, or alleged violations of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A. Procedures: 1. A grievance must be taken to the immediate supervisor within five (5) working days following knowledge of the occurrence of the problem by the employee. If possible, the grievance should be settled at this level through discussions with involved parties within five (5) working days following the knowledge of the grievance by the supervisor. The employee may choose to be represented by a steward at this step. 2. In the event Step 1 does not resolve the situation, the employee and/or steward may forward the grievance in writing to the Department Head within five (5) working days following Step 1. The written documentation must include specific circumstances and state the remedial action requested. The Department Head shall further investigate and document the matter, and render a decision in writing within -'five (51• working days of the receipt of the request. 3. A grievance not settled at Step 2 shall be submitted to the Grievance Committee within five (5) working days of the date of the receipt of the Department Head's written'.reply: A meeting concerning the grievance shall be held by the Grievance Committee within ten (10) days unless the time is extended by mutual agreement of both parties. if necessary, either party may request mediation through the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to facilitate resolution of a problem. Both parties agree to insure that topics and/or individuals discussed are to be held in absolute confidence and that no disclosure will be made unless announcements are mutually agreed upon. 4. Grievances not settled in Step 3 of the Grievance Procedure shall be submitted to third party neutral advisement in the form of binding final -offer arbitration as a final recourse. -22 - arbitration shall be borne equally by both parties. The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted by an arbitrator to be selected by the Employer and the Union within seven (7) days after notice has been given. If the parties fail to select an arbitrator, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall be requested by either or both parties to pro- vide a panel of five (5) arbitrators. Both the Employer and the Union shall have the right to strike two names from the panel. The party requesting arbitra- tion shall strike the first name; the other party shall then strike one (1) name. The process will be repeated and the remaining person shall be the arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrator scall be final and binding on the parties. The arbitrator shall be requested to issue his decision within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of testimony and argument. The rules of conduct under which the arbitrator shall administer activities shall be pursuant to relevant state statutes (Senate File 531) as may be modified by the Public Employee Relations Board, any subsequent legislation, or any court decisions pertaining thereto. :Ariy:-grievance•.not>;appealed from a decision in one of the steps of the Grievance procedure, to the next step as prescribed, shall be considered dropped and the last decision final and binding, except that time limits may be extended or advanced by mutual agreement of the parties. If the employer is not able to respond to a grievance within the prescribed time limits; up to and including Step 3, the grievance shall automatically progress to the next step of the pro- cedure. B.Grievance Committee For the purpose of the grievance procedure, Union membership on the Grievance Committee shall consist of five (5) local members, and individuals selected to individuals designated by the City Manager. This committee shall also meet monthly or whenever necessary at mutually convenient times for the added purposes of adjusting pending or potential grie- vances, to discuss procedures for avoiding future grievances, and other issues which would improve the relationships between the parties. XXII. GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE UNION In the event Management feels the Union has violated the terms and provisions of this Agreement, Management shall have the right to file a grievance against the Union in the form of an unfair labor practice through the Public Employee Relations Board. XXIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS A. The Union shall be notified in advance of anticipated permanent major changes and working conditions, and discussions at mutually agreeable times by the Grievance Committee shall be held thereon. B. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied equally and without favoritism to all employees in the bargaining unit. There shall be no discrimination as to age, sex, marital status, race, color, creed, national origin, or political affiliation. The Union shall share equally with the Employer the responsibility for applying the provisions of this section. C. Employees appointed to `a permanent part-time position and who work an average of twenty (20) hours per week or 1,040 hours per year, shall be eligible for all fringe benefits on a prorata basis according to the 0 per week or 1,040 hours, per year,minimum. D. It is agreed that the Library Board's policy on extra credit for Sunday work be continued for the term of this Agreement with the understanding that the Union and the Library Board mutually explore ways to move toward uni- formity with general City policy on Sunday work. XXIV. PAY PLAN A. The classified positions and the pay ranges for all employees in the bargaining unit affected by this Agreement are attached as Attendix A. This classification and pay range will be reviewed by management on an annual basis beginning July 1, 1976, and updated if necessary. B. The transition from the current City and Library Board pay plan to the new pay plan attached as Appendix A shall be made on a step for step basis. The employees eligibility date for evaluation and salary increase shall be determined on the basis of the date of their last salary increase during the year 1974. C. The pay plan agreed to herein is based on merit. Employees will receive their merit increase on their eligibility date unless management specifically justifies the denial of such increase and such denial shall be subject to the grievance proce- dure beginning at Step 3. For the purpose of this contract, and without prejudice, management agrees that those employees who are currently earning a salary at the last step of the current pay plan as of December 31, 1974, and who would not otherwise be eligible for a salary increase in the transition to the new pay plan, are to be given a merit increase of five (5) per on their next eligibility date as determined in B. above. This additional step is available for only those who qualify as of December 31, 1974. D. It is agreed that beginning July 1, 1975, the City's compensation plan will pro- vide a method by which the overall salary structure will remain current with changing economic conditions that affect the income and wages of employees. This method will involve a cost of living adjustment that will be made to the salary plan in total. On July 1, 1975, the cost of living adjustment would be made to the classification and pay range plan attached as Appendix A and each step and each employee would benefit by the adjustment. The cost of living adjustment will be carried out by using a three year moving average of the annual percentage change in the consumer price index of the Cedar Rapids - Iowa City metropolitan area. The three year moving average adjustment will be made to the compensation plan on an annual basis at the start of each new budget year on July 1st. The actual adjustment will be determined at the end of the previous calendar year. The three year moving average of the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for the Cedar Rapids - Iowa City metropolitan area will be applied as an adjustment to the mid -point of each salary range. The resulting dollar amount will be then added to each step in the range. Each salary range would remain approximately 25% to 27% in length between minimum and maximum salaries. XXV. RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS Both parties to this Agreement recognize that certain rules and procedures will be required for future negotiations. A. Negotiating Teams The City and the Union shall each be entitled to a negotiating team of eleven (11) members at each session. The eleven members selected shall constitute the negotiations team; however, substitutions and or changes can be made in the membership thereof with twenty-four hours notice. No team is required to have its eleven members at each session. For all sessions held during working hours, all Union members employed by the City shall have time off subject to availability as determined by their supervisor, but said time off should not be withheld unreasonably (4) City employee members on the Union team shall receive regular wages at each session held during working hours, the four (4) to be selected by the union team at the beginning of each session. An employee may elect to use compensatory time or vacation leave, if available, at the employee's option. B. Chief Negotiator Each of the parties shall have a Chief Negotiator for their team. Said Chief Negotiator so designated shall be in charge of each of the negotiating teams and shall be responsible for the conduct of the negotiations of his team as well as any statement or recommendations or reports and/or news releases of any matters discussed in the negotiations. No other member of either negotiating team may make any statement, recommendations, or reports or disclosures of any matters discussed in the negotiations. No substitution may be made for the Chief Negotiator without one weeks notice in writing and upon substitution all negotiations shall cease during the notice period of one week until the new Chief Negotiator shall become qualified. C. Executive Sessions It is understood and agreed by the parties that the negotiating process is a difficult process and subject to all matter of complications which may arise during the negotiating sessions, and that to hold the nego- tiating sessions in public or to allow access to the sessions by the public or the news media can and would inhibit, prolong and damage the negotiating process. It is further understood that any negotiations that are reached by the negotiating team are only recommendations which must be approved by the City Council of Iowa City and the Library Board on behalf of the City and the Union members on behalf of the Union. At such time there will be a full public disclosure of any proposed contract or agreement, terms, ordinances, rules or resolutions and the public and the Union members will have full opportunity to consider the results of the work of the negotiating teams. It is therefore agreed that all negotiating sessions shall be in executive session and that no one except the negotiating teams, and one person for each team to take notes, shall be in the sessions. The parties, however, may jointly agree to allow additional persons to attend any session to act as a mediator if the parties desire. All sessions will be held at mutually convenient times to both the Union and the manage- ment representatives. D. Proposals The parties agree to prepare written proposals as to the items they wish to negotiate on. Such proposals shall be in writing and delivered to the other side at the first meeting. Additional proposals involving different subject matters than the original proposals may be submitted at any time during the negotiating process. It is the intent of the proposals submission to assist the parties in the negotiating process by enabling each party to know generally of the other parties interests so that the parties in the negotiating.team may determine the areas of the agreement and disagreement and be prepared to provide information of areas of disagreement which may help resolve same. E. Impasse Procedure At the.conclusion of negotiations, if there remain items of impasse (non -agreement) either party may request mediation through the Federal Mediation and conciliation service. If mediation fails to resolve items of impasse, such items may be submitted to third party neutral advisement in the form of fact finding as the first step. If fact finding fails to resolve items of impasse both the Union and the Employer shall report back Within fifteen days after fact finding either the Union or the Employer may petition the other by written notice requesting arbitration for those items of impasse. Such arbitration shall involve binding final - offer arbitra- tion as the final recourse in addition to the recommendations of the fact -finder. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted by an arbitrator to be selected by the Union and the Employer within seven days after notice has been given. If the Union and the Employer fail to select an arbitrator, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall be requested by either party, or both parties, to provide a panel of five arbitrators. Both the Union and the Employer shall have the right to scratch two names from the panel. The party requesting arbitration shall strike the first name; the other party shall then strike one name. The process shall be repeated and the remaining person shall be the arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and the arbitrator shall be requested to issue his/her decision within thirty (30) days after the con- clusion of testimony and agreement. The rules of conduct under which the arbitrator shall administer activities shall be pursuant to relevant state statutes (Senate File 531) as may be modified by the Public Employee Relations Board, any subsequent legislation, as any Court decisions pertaining thereto. Expenses for fact finding and/or arbitration shall be borne equally by Both parties. XXVI. DURATION OF AGREEMENT This Agreement shall be in effect for a period of one and one-half calendar years beginning on January 1, 1975, and ending on June 30, 1976. It is agreed effective on July 1, 1975. XXVII': SAVINGS CLAUSE Should any provision of this Agreement be held unlawful by a court or administra-) tive agency of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in force for the duration of the Agreement. This Agreement is subject to all Federal, State, and local laws; provided that should any change be made in any of these laws which would be applicable and contrary to any provision con- tained herein, such provisions herein contained shall automatically be terminated. If replacement provisions are deemed to be necessary by the Union or Management they shall be negotiated immediately. This Agreement shall be binding on the parties, their successors and assigns and shall be approved by the appropriate governing bodies that have the authority to bind the respective parties to this Agreement and the undersigned hereby represents that they have the authority to sign this Agreement and it has been approved by the governing bodies of the parties. CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA BY: By: ATTEST: By City Clerk LIBRARY BOARD OF IOWA CITY By: 10 tAt&- •M u- 0A a^-1 President By: Secreta THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL #183 Pay Range Title City of Iowa City Pay Plan January 1, 1975 6 -Month Review Step Step A B 1 Clerk/Typist . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 504 $ 53C (Clerk, Clerk Typist, Inter- mediate Clerk, Intermediate Typist Clerk, Cashier) Maintenance Worker i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Custodian, Laborer, Refuse Collector, Equipment Service Worker, Landfill Attendant) Parking Enforcement Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water Meter Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Keypunch Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 530 $ 556 Account Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating Machine Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Senior Clerk/Typist. . . . . . . . . . . $ 556 $ 584 (Senior Clerk, Senior Typist Clerk) Animal Control Officer . . . . . . . . . $ 556 $ 584 4. Bus Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 584 $ 614 Police Dispatcher. . . . . . . . . . $ 584 $ 614 Maintenance Worker II. . . . . . . . . . . $ 614 (Maintenance Worker, Refuse Crew Chief, Meter Repair Worker, Assistant Treat- ment Plant Operator) Transit Dispatcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. $ 614 $ 644 6. Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 644 $ 676 Senior Account Clerk . . . . . . . . $ 644 $ 676 Buyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 644 $ 676 Maintenance Worker III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Senior Maintenance Worker, Building Maintenance Leader, Park Maintenance Leader, Assistant Mechanic, Assistant Electrician, Heavey Equipment Operator) Treatment Plant Operator I . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Bus Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annual Review Step Step Step C D E $ 556 $ 556 $ 584 $ 584 $ 556 $ 584 $ 556 $ 584 $ 584 $ 614 $ 584 $ 614 $ 584 $ 614 $ 614 $ 644 $ 644 $ 676 $ 644 $ 676 $ 644 $ 676 $ 644 $ 676 $ 676 $ 710 $ 710 $ 710 $ 710 $ 710 $ 746 $ 746 $ 746 $ 746 Step F $ 614 $ 644 $ 614 $ 644 $ 614 $ 644 $ 614 $ 644 $ 644 $ 676 $ 644 $ 676 $ 644 $ 676 $ 676 $ 710 $ 676 $ 710 $ 710 $ 746 $ 710 $ 746 $ 710 $ 746 $ 710 $ 746 $ 746 $ 782 $ 782 $ 782 $ 782 $ 782 $ 710 $ 746 $ 782 $ 710 $ 746 $ 782 $ 822 $ 822 $ 822 $ 822 $ 822 $ 822 Page 2 Title 7. Naturalist/Zoo Manager . . . . . . . $ 676 $ 710 Technical Assistant. . . . . . . . . $ 676 $ 710 (Engineering Aide, Engineering Technician, Drafting Technician, Planning Technician) Mechanic I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. Senior Maintenance Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Water Distribution Supervisor, Sewer Maintenance Supervisor, Cemetary Supervisor, Water Service Supervisor, Assistant Refuse Superin- tendent) Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. Senior Mechanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Treatment Plant Operator. . . . . . . . . . . Redevelopment/Housing Specialist . . . . . . . . . (Relocation Advisor, Leased Housing Specialist, Property Manager, Housing Inspector) 10. $ 782 $ 822 Inspector (Building, Electrical .. . . . . . . . . . . . Plumbing) 11. Senior Engineering Technician. . . . . . $ 822 $ 862 (Chief Construction Inspector, Surveying Party Chief) Step D. $ 746 $ 782 $ 822 $ 862 I $ 746 $ 782 $ 822 $ 862 $ 746 $ 782 $ 782 $ 822 $ 822 $ 822 $ 862 $ 862 $ 906 $ 782 $ 822 $ 822 $ 862 $ 862 $ 862 $ 906 $ 906 $ 950 $ 822 $ 662 $ 862 $ 906 $ 862 $ 906 $ 906 $ 950 $ 906 $ 950 $ 906 $ 950 $ 950 $ 998 $ 950 $ 998 $ 998 $1048 Pay Six Month Annual Range Review Review # A B C D E 1. Library Aide. . . . . . . . . $ 480 $ 504 2. Library Clerk . . . . . . . . $ 504 $ 530 (Clerk, Library Clerk) Maintenance Worker I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Custodian) 3 H 5. 6. 7. Senior Library Clerk. . . . . $ 556 Library Assistant . . . . . . $ 614 Secretary . . . . . . . . . . $ 644 Junior Librarian. . . . . . . $ 746 Librarian . . . . . . . . . . $ 822 Senior Librarian* . . . . . . $ 950 $ 584 Himom $ 676 $ 782 $ 862 $ 998 F $ 530 $ 556 $ 584 $ 614 $ 556 $ 584 $ 614 $ 644 .$ 556 $ 584 $ 614 $ 644 1 $ 614 $ 644 $ 676 $ 710 * Position of Municipal Reference Librarian only $ 676 $ 710 $ 746 $ 782 $ 710 $ 746 $ 782 $ 822 $ 822 $ 862 a 906 S 950 $ 906 $ 950 $ 998 $1048.1 $1048 $1100 $1150 $1200 1 JI -IRS. PAUL M. I'FUIIAUSFR \ % 914 HIGHWOOD STREET, IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 n� / gvM,� a 3, 1 g 7 4 -To W Flonor" M0�0r auto City Cow,cti.,Q Iowa I ►may re i�, -Prom {� I otua C� 4 R i" 4on�- CbmrAAAAkV' K P- ed� ve Ja (,y iqr?5, I hupe Ola)- uu� ply nofi�COI.au usilI prkin r -k �w.d Q replace rnku,¢ as scoff QS poSSi 6le, as tw U-)Dvk of tiu. Cornmi,a u 'is 01 a poi4- Wkuk eac t MLWJ.Lu 'is 'i m po✓laj R ive r�r Shu is Q-uduuA� atm ttj- C As uira Lj- IS expec in LuU panic � 6q � � �iax. I req re � leau►ncl 44Ak Comm'►ssion 4 tlui0 po')4, 641 �W '►I• cau be Peder -Hu e gec },'ve rnQ. •iUau►.� C . I�wa.ci,au.,.�2,, W I AS WAY -iff . lots., Too 19-74 ,the,- City Council aced . :�Iattex on;-. yoi�r .6fron -0061101.6ii0n., i oafish W the Ri art stint Cowi"sion jfoiiqW.the , City -:Council: .`,VeXy.:truIy,yMIrS, 'DennisR. --Kra .' otingCity? anager, - AT i. . . . . . . . . . . . . 'Pip not ? NO& 4:1 C. V;I la Jt h The Honorable E Iowa City, Iowa Dear Mr. Mayor: Czarnecki, Mayor 2041 Rochester Court IowaCity, Iowa 52240 December 19, 1974 Please accept this letter as my resignation from the Citizens Committee on Cable Television. I have very much enjoyed my association with the other members of the committee and with the City Staff over the two years since the committee was formed,and"I believe that I have learned a great deal about broadband communications in general, and about cable television as itrelates to Iowa City; however, the committee has been inactive for approximately six months., I believe this resignation;` is timely; -there are a number of matters of citizen involvement'in which I am interested and I should like to be free to pursue -my interests and offer my participation. The economics and related aspects of cable television have changed dramatically over the past year and'I.feel that any future activity on the part of the city relating to cable television should take into consideration the multitude of new factors which have entered the picture and those which no'doubt.will develop in the future. I am in the process of,preparing my impressions and personal feelings developed over the course of, my membership on the committee and I shall submit them to you and the Council for your consideration in the future Once again I would like to reiterate my interest in serving the City in any role for which I may be qualified. Sincerely, f n v Richard Y. Blum RYB/nan cc: Robert Welsh, Chairman Citizens Committee on Cable Television i �• h�ilY4ary� Z'' X19,75 7 o n ti { { an t h, t i sting.pf Aaa ober, 30, 19.74,'the: City, Council ly received andt pl,aaed onMfi]e,-your letter ' m Citlaan s ;Committbe '.iri'Cable Television. y behalf of th© 0oundil-. for .your ;: time and ;abler T.V. vommittso. ; , jI truly Yours, Dessnis R. Kraft Acting City Manager, 6 !L _ s _ �1 7 9 jP Yc.1 ntL,X. ■ l COMITE PRO-MEJORAMIENTO ALDEA CIENEGUITA APARTADO 58 Puerto Cort6s, Honduras, C. A. December 18, 1974 The Honorable Mayor Iowa City, Iowa Estad os Unid os De America Dear Sir: As a direct result of damage done by hurricane Fifi last September, most of our constituents are suffering great deprevations, which unfortunately involve, by last count, two hundred seventy four children. There exists a dire need for simple agricultural tools and seeds for planting of beans, corn and rice. We need to construct a simple, small building to school our ohildran in. To prevent hunger in the forthcoming year and to be able to :�.. educate our children we have undertaken the task to purchase the above items and building materials. We have pledged ourselves to raise 150,000 Lempiras (U.S. % 75,000). +•r We are in need of your help, as indeed we look to the United States as our salvation. By asking the communities in Iowa to send % 100 each to our fund we know we can prevent the possibility of a disaster which is staring us in the face at this moment.. We have chosen the communities in the state of Iowa to ask for help over others, because we feel you will understand better the disastrous effects of the hurricane on our agriculture and the basic needs we now have. It is our sincere hope you will, by return mail, assist us in our goal or if unable to do so refer this letter to an organization in your.town that can. Pompilio Ramirez V. President truly yours, sIN 73 f� ecrlbs,r��''' Gloria E. Araque Secretary C I ARTHUR 0. LEFF PHILIP A. LEFF ALAN R. LEFF R. BRUCE HAUPERT December 23, 1974 The Mayor and 'City Council Civic Center Iowa City, IA 52240 Re: Braverman'- Frantz sewer easement Dear Mr. Mayor and Members of the Council: I represent Mr.'Wilbert Frantz, president of Frantz Construction Co., Inc. For over two years we have been attempting to secure a sewer easement through the property owned by Mr. Braverman abutting the K Mart store. Finally by your resolution 474-2611 dated July 9, 1974, you authorized the acquisition of the property by condemnation. The same resolution author- ized the manner of financing with Mr. Frantz to advance the costs and later to recover the same when other persons utilized the sewer. I have been advised by Mr'. Hayek that in your meeting of December 10, 1974, the council voted.to "send the whole matter of proceeding in this fashion to the City Manager for study and a report back to the council before any further steps are taken". The purpose of this letter is to point out to the council that the delays which have already occurred plus delays which obviously will occur from the council's action of December 10, 1974,: have and will continue to create direct financial loss to Frantz Construction Co., Inc. Part Five Hollywood Manor is complete, but lot sales cannot be completed or house construction begun on that portion of the subdivision which is to be serviced by this sewer. The commencement of this subdivision was delayed for over two years pending action by the City Council; your file on this matter will indicate that on July 6, 1972, the City Engineer advised Mr. Frantz that the city was proceeding to condemnation. In our opinion, the city is and will be responsible for financial loss accruing to Mr. Frantz by the city's inaction. Would you please expedite this matter and minimize the losses involved. V t ly yours, LEFF LEFF, LEFF & HAUPERT Phili A. Leff PAL: nw cc: John W. Hayek • Wit. _ � r-- iIX January 2, 1975 ti JL s 2 - •t 2 3 I.ti - - i 1 i t } feting af' december -1974,---,ttsa City Council F ly receivec3r ainci plaaeQ on file letter' kv your in - Frantx<sewex.aasemoriC. esmatter will 4ty' �CoiiRcil'sy Info"zmal, Pas ion ; on Tuesday, i00 F:M. in`f tha City Cotiiicil-:Costiference' boom. < R ra Lnging-thi�j}matIterk_to;the attention of the,- r Very truly yours,... 8i rT T3etu►i R. Kraft 4, `Y Acting`, City Manager »` r4 F Yl.k : r _ c✓ � f 4_ f f l _ Jl w i x 3. -2.�' t=Yr "`E.Y, ia.* �U...Ytt L..�. 5 „'k •. .. •. .. t', ..- ... �i ®'johnson county ® regional planning commission me® 2212 south dubuque street, Iowa city, iowo 52240 (319)351-8556 December 19, 1974 Edgar Czarnecki, Mayor City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 RE: After School Recreation Program Dear Mayor Czarnecki: At its meeting of Decmeber 18, 1974, the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission, after recommendation by the Social Services Committee and the 4 -C's Child Care Committee, recommends continuation and expansion of the After School Elementary Recreation Program. If you have any question concerning this matter, please feel free to contact our office. S' ely, J. atrick White Chairperson PW: km cc: Philip Cline, President Iowa City School Board �j ® johnson county ® regional planning ® 212112 south dubuque street, iowo city, iowo December 19, 1974 commission 52240 (319) 351-8556 Edgar Czarnecki, Mayor City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, IA 52240 RE: Request for Assessment for second half of FY 1975 (January 1, 1975 to June 30, 1975) Dear Mayor Czarnecki: This is to notify you that your membership assessment in the amount of $29,281.25 for January to June of 1975 is due January or shortly thereafter. This is at the rate of $1.25 per capita, but we understand that the Council will be reconsidering the original $1.50 per capita request shortly after the first of the year. Because of the tight budget conditions and delays in receipt of federal grant funds, the Commission is requesting payment on or shortly after January 1, 1975. Should you have any questions concerning the Commission or its work efforts, please feel free to contact me or Bob Hilgenberg at the Regional Planning Commission office. Thank you in advance for your continued interest and partici- pation in the Commission. Siely, J. trick White Chairperson JPW:SLB cc: JCRPC Members 1 .J C V k i +Ltiil� r - r c. Y'. y V k i +Ltiil� Y y i January -:1973 3 _ y _ Y � - ! 4 _ 1 _ _ 4 DR�omiaa ` r - .f xh _ I - f w:a Cr30r 1974r th@'City Council laced on fila -your -:letters aIl��tt2Q ?_s ,asSQSII@EtI1.t ,P1"OgrBffi, WS 3 to the attention of �- Very, truly, yours, ry: j. Dennis R.;Kraft:.-- V J Actinq City_ -Manager , L. . dni � • Y T I T F 7 _ j�_ ...� .• x - Y +Ltiil� Y January -:1973 3 _ y _ - ! 4 _ 1 _ _ 4 .f xh _ I - Cr30r 1974r th@'City Council laced on fila -your -:letters aIl��tt2Q ?_s ,asSQSII@EtI1.t ,P1"OgrBffi, WS 3 to the attention of �- Very, truly, yours, j. Dennis R.;Kraft:.-- V J Actinq City_ -Manager , `cam e 7 t � 1 T rip F �i TO: THE CITY OF IOWA CITY,. ITS COUNCIL AND MAYOR The undersigned hereby objects to the.existance of wrecked and salvaged automobiles, debris and litter located on the_property at 1601 Center Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, occupied and to the best of the undersigned's knowledge owned by Donald Griffin. The undersigned hereby demands that the City of Iowa City talke all appropriate legal steps to cause the remo,:,l of said automobiles and other debris from said property for the reason that the same constitute a health hazard, is in violation of the ordinances of Iowa City, Iowa, and depreciates and lowersthe value of other properties in the neighborhood.. Address ame IV - Address e Address ame Address Address J Address 5"f,4 6 C�- Name TO '111E CITY OF IOWA CITY, ITS COUNCIL AND MAYOR The undersigned hereby objects to the existance of wrecked and salvaged automobiles, debris and litter located on the property at 1601 Center Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, occupied and to the best o.f the undersigned's knowledge owned by Donald Griffin. The undersigned hereby demands that the City of Iowa City talke all appropriate legal steps to cause the removal of said automobiles and other debris from said property for the reason that the same constitute a health hazard, is in violation of the ordinances of Iowa City, Iowa, and depreciatesiand lowers the value of other properties in the neighborhood. Address 7 z z L-LeA- kyo Address Address Address Address �Cc1r.,%T�'yw Address - g"t, Nauffe Name Name / Name` Name / 'L 9 Name -5 A)P}1r"rt t'M� l \ f • }� t'aJY �Z.1 +(,31 �` Y 1: .::\ ♦ �1^a' ]f�4_lC�K`��i,d�!{ - 1n 'rte t K r � Jarivary 2, 1975-. . ;G l Y 5 - _ j - �Lpdeonar-Ye..�g�gy > - .. •'. � St• �i*L.41e::Drive V`!t _ Iowa` City,ti Iowa 5224 r {Dear Dir. Yeggy:; , i m s eetinq_ of6ez 1oember,'�0, 1974, city council lit ita regular m „the, Ly receiva$µandhplaced on `file Your petition of, Yoarn o�fSaial' Sty AnneryD;iVe.petition:has beeri'refasred .City =" cioncernrtg par,7cing oii to the City, tsaa:iagar +f� or, report back to ;the; Council.' ] 3 lfiankA you for br+ .ngingthis natter to the attention of Counoil-i ,the 5 f v � Vary X< Y .: >- r. � S l t. S a3 Dennis R. Kraft l �` � Aat3.ng City Manager > Z ?M y' + f= i H I� �C r ,r. .n -5 A)P}1r"rt t'M� l \ f • }� t'aJY �Z.1 +(,31 �` Y 1: .::\ ♦ �1^a' ]f�4_lC�K`��i,d�!{ - 1n 'rte t r � Jarivary 2, 1975-. . l Y 5 - _ j w eetinq_ of6ez 1oember,'�0, 1974, city council „the, Ly receiva$µandhplaced on `file Your petition Sty AnneryD;iVe.petition:has beeri'refasred or, report back to ;the; Council.' s .ngingthis natter to the attention of y ,the 5 f v � Vary X< Y .: >- r. � P Dennis R. Kraft �` � Aat3.ng City Manager ' Z + f= •2 P - 1n 5 - _ w u C i:,7e.ext-1 0e-? rl /A/E--" u �.... STANLEY CONSULTANTS, INC STANLEY BUILDING MUSCATINE, IOWA 52761 TELEPHONE: 319/263.9494 CABLE:STANLEY MUSCATINE IOWA TELEX:468402 Iowa c�Ty A'ele ceer-,boc -57Tuoy, INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS IN EN C C .IOWA RIVER CORRIDOR STUDY IOWA CITY, IOWA PHASE I INVENTORY, SURVEY, ANALYSIS The Consultant will be responsible for obtaining, reviewing and presenting information pertinent to this study as generally outlined herein. The City's staff has developed information on land use, land ownership, land values and community goals which will be used by the Consultant. The Consultant will hold monthly meetings with.the Riverfront Commission during the study. Interim coordination meetings will be held with the City's staff. A. RIVER RESOURCE 1. Hydrological a. Flood channel b. Flood plain c. Stage frequency d. Coralville Reservoir Past Present Future )x II. Water Quality a. Aquatic organisms b. Changes/effects c. Point/nonpoint sources III. Main and Subdrainage Basins a. Quantity b. Character/quality IV. Subsurface Aquifer V. Water Consumption a. Surface b. Subsurface t VI. Appearance and Use of Water ® a. Boating b. Fishing c. Scientific d. Aesthetic e. Industrial f. Agricultural B. LAND RESOURCE I. Physical a. Landscape characteristics b. Geomorphology c. Geological influences d. Vegetation (historic -current) e. Wildlife ® f. Micro -climatology g. Visual aesthetics II. Human Elements a. Historical (river and land) b. Transportation, circulation, access c. Land utilization Land use and rate of change Land ownership Land value trends Zoning d. Water/land dependency e. Land use relationships Corridor/rural is Metro area University 2 C. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE ® I. Direct Agencies a. Iowa City b. Coralville c. University d. Johnson County e. Private Sector II. Guide Agencies a. Corps of Engineers b. Iowa NRC C. Iowa DEQ III. Summary D. CONCLUSION/FINDINGS 1. Significant Findings and Relationships ® a. Water b. Land c. Human d. Relationships II. Basis for Plan Development a. Potentials b. Critical problems C. Secondary concerns 111. End Product a. Review sessions with client A preliminary review draft of the above resources and management structure incorporating significant findings and relationships will ,be submitted -to the City for review and comment. Based upon receipt of written authorization to commence work by 1 January 1975, the ® Consultant will submit twelve (12) copies of the review draft for Phase I by 15 April 1975. 3 Li 11 LI A review and comment period of thirty (30) days will be allotted the City prior to initiation of the final report. b. Bound report The Consultant will prepare and present 200 copies of the final report on Phase I to the City within twenty (20) days following receipt of the City's written comments on the review draft. 4 ® The Consultant will be responsible for developing a plan for conservation and utilization of the resources, and for presentations to the Riverfront Commission. Monthly meetings with the Commission and interim coordination meetings with the City's staff will continue. A. CRITERIA I. Conservation/Utilization of Resources a. Natural River Land Vegetation Wildlife b. Cultural/manmade C. Resource management d. Potential benefits II. Demonstrable Objectives and Benefits III. Institutional Capabilities Relative to Defining and Managing ® the Resources a. Fiscal b. Structural (organization) c. Transition from present to other structure IV. Findings B. RIVER PLAN 1. Relationship to Stated Goals and Criteria of the Community and P&rticipating Agencies a. Current problem solution b. Long-range problem solution c. Environmental quality II. Land Use a. Park and recreation b. Active c. Passive d. Greenways (pedestrian/bike/bridle) e. Water activities E 11 11 III. Other Public Uses a. Conservation b. Educational c. Utility services IV. Institutional a. Active b. Passive c. Educational/protection V. Private Sector a. Recreation b. Industrial C. Residential d. Special V1. Relationship/Joint Use a. Public/public b. Public/private c. Restricted VII. Physical and Cultural Features a. River access/crossing b. Land forms and surface treatment c. Activity generations and centers d. Vistas/overlooks (urban -rural) e. Signing/public information/unifying f. Land ownership requirements C. PLAN IMPLEMENTATION I. Fiscal Criteria a. Cost Acquisition Development Operation and Maintenance b. Source of funds Federal State County Municipal Other 9 ® H. Benefits and Priority -Considerations a. Short-range - 1975-1979 b. Mid-range - 1980-1985 C. Long-range - 1986-1995 III. Action Framework - City Oriented a. Capability requirements Fiscal Organizational/manpower b. Legal aspects Current situation Required changes c. Other agencies/private sector Opportunities Requirements IV. End Product a. Review sessions with client Based upon receipt of written authorization to commence work by ® 1 January 1975, the Consultant will submit twelve (12) copies of the review draft of the Plan by 10 July 1975. A review and comment period of thirty (30) days will be allotted the City prior to initiation of the final report. b. Bound report The Consultant will prepare and present 250 copies of the final report covering Phase li to the City within twenty (20) days following receipt of the City's written comments on the review draft. 11 7 PHASE III URBAN DESIGN SOUTH RIVER CORRIDOR ® .(Detail Staae) The Consultant will be responsible for design concepts and the preliminary and final sketches and drawings necessary. to describe design concepts. Sketches and preliminary site plans shall be of a scale suited to group meetings and discussions. All drawings and sketches will be presented to the client upon completion of the work program. Monthly meetings with the Riverfront Commission and interim coordination meetings with the City's staff will continue. A. RIVERFRONT DESIGN I. Relationship to Corridor 11. Concept, Purpose III. Design/Site Plan IV. Sketches/Details/Illustrations V. Cost Estimates VI. Development Schedule ® VII. Development Requirements B. HIGHWAY 218 - SOUTH ENTRY 1. Relationship to Corridor II. Concept, Purpose 111. Design/Site Plan IV. Sketches/Details/Illustrations V. Cost Estimates V1. Development Schedule VII. Development Requirements C. STURGIS FERRY AND MESQUAKIE PARK I. Relationship to Corridor If. Concept, Purpose Ill. Design/Site Plan IV. Sketches/Details/Illustrations V. Cost Estimates VI. Development Schedule VII. Development Requirements E 8 D. END PRODUCT ® I. Review Sessions with Client Based upon receipt of written authorization to commence work by 1 January 1975, the Consultant will submit twelve (12) copies of the review draft of Phase III to -the City by 16 October 1975. A review and comment period of thirty (30) days will be allotted to the City prior to Initiation of the final report. II. Bound Report The Consultant will prepare and present 125 copies of the final report covering Phase III to the City within forty (40) days following receipt of the City's written comments on the review draft. 11 J M I' DATE: December 18, 1974 TO: Abbie Stolfus FROM: John Hayek RE: Letter from Aetna Life & Casualty Company Abbie: Enclosed please find a copy of a letter dated December 16, 1974, to me from Mr. Ron LeFevre of A.etna Life & Casualty Company. Would you please make copies of this letter and distribute them to the City Manager, the Finance Director, and the members of the City Council. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. vb Enclosure John Hayek c -- -� Casualty & Surety Division 1312 1. E. Tower n Q ( C;_lf 1, o, 200 1st St. S. E. - - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 LIFE &CASUALTY - 363-2091 December 16, 19711 ,John W. Hayek, Attorney Hayek, Hayek et Hayek, Attorneys at Law 110 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 522110 RE: Short & Estate of Belle vs. Officials of City of Iowa City. Policy No. 20 XN 21 WCA Dear Mr. Hayek: This will acknowledge receipt of the Suit papers on the above - captioned $32000,000 Lawsuit. I have now had a chance to review this complaint and consider it in light of the coverage we have on the City of Iowa City. It is my tentative opinion that our excess policy does cover personal injury in the form of racial discrimination if the alleged acts are proven, and a Judgment rendered against our assured. Since our policy did not take effect until January 1, 1974, it appears most unlikely that we will ever become involved in this situation. As we discussed on the phone, there is a good possibility of a defendant's verdict, and even if the plaintiffs obtain a Judgment, it is unlikely that it will exceed $1,000,000. Going one step further, even if a Judgment in excess of $1,000,000 was awarded, there would certainly be a serious question as to how much of the aUeged acts of discrimination took place prior to January 1, 1974. A further consideration would be the fact that any award for punative damages may not be covered under this policy. Taking all thinks under consideration, it is very unlikely that the Etna will ever become involved. However, we have a file set up and would appreciate being kept abreast of the situation as it progresses. We certainly wish to be advised of any adverse developments which may lead to our ultimate involvement at the earliest possible time so that we may make decisions as to whether or not we should obtain our own legal representation. Thank you very much for your cooperation, in this matter. Very truly yours, Ron LeFevre Regional Supervisor ztn� I -UP Insurance Company/The Tlne CaSumlty and Surety CornllarvIdUP et�n lard s tt t 1 "0, i -Lir`E d. G=SUACFY Casualty & Surety Division 1312 I. E. Tower 200 1st St. S. E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 303-2091 December 16, 19711 John '•i. Hayek, Attorney Iiayek, Hayek & Hayek, Attorneys at Law 110 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 RE: Short °c Estate of Belle vs. Officials of City of Iowa City. Policy No. 20 XY 21 ti -ICA Dear Mr. Hayek: This will acknowledge receipt of the Suit papers on the above - captioned $3,0001000 Lawsuit. I have now had a chance to review this complaint and consider it in light of the coverage we have on the City of Iowa City. It is my tentative opinion that our excess policy does cover personal injury in the form of racial discrimination if the alleged acts are proven, and a Judgment rendered against our assured. Since our policy did not twice effect until January 1, 19711, it appears most unlikely that we will ever become involved in this situation. As we discussed on the phone, there is a good possibility of a defendant's verdict, and even if the plaintiffs obtain a JudFraenc, it is unlikely that it will exceed $1,000,000. Going one step furthor, even if a Judgment in excess of $1,000,000 was awarded, there woulr) certainly be a serious question as to how much of the alleged acts of discrimination took place prior to January 1, 1974. A further consideration would be the fact that any award for punAtive damages may not be covered under this policy. Taking all things under consideration, it is very unlikely that the Etna will ever become involved. However, we have a file set up and would appreciate being kept abreast of the situation as it progresses. 1 -le certainly wish to be advised of any adverse developments which Mny lead to our ultimate involvement at the earliest possible time so that we may make decisions as to whether or not we should obtain our ovm Legal representation. Thank you very much for your cooperation, in this matter. Very truly yours, Lc: cure B-ag ional Supervisor t ::•:. I it., lij rm nrr•r• Oimpany/Tarr /T'Irra (':'aural•/ Prid SUretl r'Ornt.'rry}(},.• S, ;r,•{a•• ■ j - - .r • Thr hfty •rrtrk 71mot/Rt Dtm.n But Recent Medical Evidence Shows'Risks � 1 ® 1-,er_-_-,al Hostility t® `hof Association has backed decriminali- LAN PARACHINI nation in that state, 1n many cities, ---- — •- police arrest users only, as one cent medical studies New York City policeman has said, o show evidence of "if they blow smoke in your face." risks to smokers of When LOS Angeles Police Chief Ed - ere is a clear and grow- ward M. Davis issued a statement and decriminalizing the opposing,•' on moral grounds, any Ion to "pot," once.een- statute change, the local police law-enforcement cont. commission forced him to distribute s to be crumbling. , . a cover letter saying Ire had spoken' ' statute or de facto as an individual and not on behalf and prosecutors seem of the department. ccept the fact that ma- "The simple fact is that there is a , ow is widely accepted tremendous number of people using ntinued stringent en- marijuana these days," says Wesley' ' antimarijuaea laws is Pomeroy, police chief in Berkeley; Calif., and a former Justice Depart- ment official, "and from a pragmat- zation would mean the is point of view, the police ought urination of penalties not to be put in the uncomfortable se or possession of ma- i position of having to enforce an un. attics vury widely at. enforceable law." Ing from a $100 fine in In Washington, D.C., United Yorkpossi. States 15 -year prison` _ States Attorney Earl J. Silbert an - try Kennedy, common- nounced lastmonththat his office over, Colo., vice squad;, would no longer prokecute, and cap - his officers at first op- '' ital police should not arrest, users river marijuana ordi• : In possession of five or fewer mari- Juana cigarettes. Mr. Silbert can - g penalties, but have celed the order before it was to go r minds. "Before," he into effect last Monday' however, re bogged down in ma- . because of the controversy that de-. ts. We could never get veloped over the issue. lity cases." Prospects for widespread easing rsey Narcotics Officers of marijuana laws ,appear greater . 11 CDespite re purporting t physiological marijuana, tit Ing trend tow drug. Opposit tcrcd in the mttnity, seem Either by means, police prepared to a rijuana Use n and t1taE co forcelncnt of unrealistic. Decriminali tiering or ell for private u rijuana. Pen, present, rang Oregon to :t term in New :.aplain Jc der of the Dc recalls that posed a De Hance Basin changed thei says, "we we rijuana atter on to the By AL qua The New Jc COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES I . Mfer ®f Public ( .�dinlstrati®n , • Satu-drdav Program.; A two-year program in , Public Management and Policy Analysis.'. Program starts Saturday. February 8, 1975. ; Applications due by January 1, 1975. n Foran application, call (212) 598-3244 or write:- t.y A��o e0'uoclorolAdmissions r � (j,� MPA Saturday Program, Box PAP Graduate School of Public Administration 4 Washington Square North, N.Y., N.Y. 10003 .-.-LANGUAGES READING 6 STUDY _ _r • l-LANG.UAQE GIfIL©-,rr.' ^; nq -- T�R•��5(! : now Ih:m cvrr before. Prdr:r:,l dc- criminuliralion legislation is e>:pcct- cd to be iRlroduccd in the neat us- sion of Congress in Ihr. 82n:,tc by ,iacab K�Javils, Republican of Ne York; and in the House i1v Hepre- ::cntalivc Edward f. Koch, lltma- crat 'of New York. Mr. Javits has said that. "it's time to do some - thin{" about marijuana laws to make them conform to wliLt has be- r-ome accepted social behavior. Changing Stances At the Federal level, rite change in administration seems to have had a pronounced effect. Former Pres- ident Richard Nixon repeatedly told aides there was "no way" he would ,ever support less stringent marijua- na penalties, even after the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse called for such •a change in 7 972. Betty Ford, rite new President's wife, has publicly said she is certain her three children have tried "pot." One of the Fords" two sons has rc- porlcdly met several tinter with of- ficials of the National Organization for rite RefoPm of Marijuana Laws (NOR111L). Offspring of public offi- cials, including Oregon's Gov. To McCall and- former Presidential counsel J. Fred Buzhardt, have been arrested on marijuana charges. nnflllg (:Ili( !% :,1p pu,vulin,• for COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES �Sarah •Lawrence" C69Acae`. TNE CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION Dropped out or never dot started? . � The Center for Continuing Edurttion offers a serious, supportive, academic environment, espc-' dally geared to women, for beginning or contin- uinRwork toward the [l.A. degree. Classes meet once a week ` • in the -daytime • seminar style •with individual student -teacher conferences for independent work • on a broad rangy of liberal arts For information call or write to: Center for. Continuing Education/Sarah Lawrence Co/lose •Bronxville, N.Y. 10708 ' t n, tnlu:n r tmplr:n•r dr•d n prr,vr'rl L't Am o br h, -w •r.r �r,rnrY I(u itnrd 'J it 41,•rl :, r'If pr,l rnl ial 13•yL pnse:.:.irm of n uunr c of t,tarijt plan, w:,irl, af:: tltrr:c of ;iu: r,l lonu•vs in the declined in part cured of "siauil to iwu pounds o Milled to pica• misdemeanor cc Decrimin:,liza seem to he Co statistics, u•hicl an upward Ire stance, 420,700 ed nationally nn up from 1S5,fi$'' as 18,815 in 1� believe the incr more uni»hibit -use. Though fe ever go to jail dismissed, cusp res[ records for Significantly, posed state a changes'goes b tion of penal:its possession of and distribution still be illegal. Allan Pm•ncl:ir on drubs. He is Of a proorrrm in inY at the C School (91 a) 337-0700 Ext. 258 of Journ • era Q Uc Mr. Fnrtlls chief drug policy aJvi-; srr, Dr. Robert I • Dupont ti 'd h pu licly in recent Senate subcommittee hearings Ind at if NORM L -spon- sored conference what he has long told intimates privately—that there' i is little .point in continuing to jail marijuana users. Keith Stroup, who as NORMI.'s ` director keeps close watch on the legal aspects of marijuana, believes that several states me almost cer- tain to decriminalize it next year. They -are Colorado, California, Hawaii, Minnesota, Now Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts. Various cities and states have al ready chosen to remove marijuana from criminal law enfol'cemenC i o In October, 1973, Oregon Min. ' lished criminal penalties for mari- - juana use, substituting civil fines of UP to $100. Marijuana offenders arc given citations that are processed like'traffic tickets. After the law's first year, a state- wide evaluation was 'conducted by the Drug Abuse Council, a privately' , ® _ funded Washington, D.C., research organization. Forty per cent of the respondenLs who said they had used meanon The new ordinance treats Possession of up to a half -ounce as a noncriminal violation. In'October,. the State District Attorneys Asso- r ciation apprpved, by a 3-1 margin, a 1 resolution to support a change in 1 the state law to conform with the i _ Denver experiment. The measure .1- gill be introduced nekt Year. i o The so-called "parking ticket E model" was first introduced in Ann f Arbor and Ypsilanti in Michigan. A S year ago, voters -in the two neigh - ho ring cities approved a referendum Yak 71mn/Ron tnc.m,n prviding for a maximum $5 fine in marijuana cases, The referendum re- implemented a system initially ap- proved in Ann Arbor three years avo but briefly eliminated by the City Council. o In New York City, District AL- torney Richard Kuh last summer in - Idles stituted a circumvention of the potential 15 -year prison ,term fol possession of, more, than, ndun rter= ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT E --__ _ADVERTISEM �r�r� ••P 1 iS1�^! t �r� i, AWeelgy Column of Comment•on Public Education byAlbertShan �?rPreSiden;,UnaedFvde,a:icncJ u4,r.LL...•.�,o. �i....+ . . "pot" said they had decreased their For the Public -or For"the Foundations? consumption; 52 per cent reported McGeorge Bundy, the Poundatinn be no change.and only 5 per cent had r increased use. And 58 per cent of pnlic AIr. Iiundy',s prodding hada xidespr are unemployed. Those who are still fortunate enough to have jobs have all respondents favored the present seen their purchasing power plummet, and the lure of capital, appreciation mindful that the Ford Foundation law'or aimore liberal statute; only I 1 inclined to dispense its largesse to heed its Ci4Y govcninfents and school systems, 39 per cent thought the law was too caught in the squeeze of increasing costs. j lenient. Ford Foundalion's 3 billion d • In Denver, the City Council Inst lars gave it great political pow T spring passed its ordinance overrid- This power was increased by int locking linkages which ,.have called for a program of tax reform as ing the state marijuana law, which one•.of the ansivers to our current prob- lenls. In their precisely ti acquisition of political power through t . had held possession to he a misde- meanon The new ordinance treats Possession of up to a half -ounce as a noncriminal violation. In'October,. the State District Attorneys Asso- r ciation apprpved, by a 3-1 margin, a 1 resolution to support a change in 1 the state law to conform with the i _ Denver experiment. The measure .1- gill be introduced nekt Year. i o The so-called "parking ticket E model" was first introduced in Ann f Arbor and Ypsilanti in Michigan. A S year ago, voters -in the two neigh - ho ring cities approved a referendum Yak 71mn/Ron tnc.m,n prviding for a maximum $5 fine in marijuana cases, The referendum re- implemented a system initially ap- proved in Ann Arbor three years avo but briefly eliminated by the City Council. o In New York City, District AL- torney Richard Kuh last summer in - Idles stituted a circumvention of the potential 15 -year prison ,term fol possession of, more, than, ndun rter= ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT E --__ _ADVERTISEM �r�r� ••P 1 iS1�^! t �r� i, AWeelgy Column of Comment•on Public Education byAlbertShan �?rPreSiden;,UnaedFvde,a:icncJ u4,r.LL...•.�,o. �i....+ . . Tax Reform: For the Public -or For"the Foundations? S a conscquencC Of the disastr011s conlUination inflati McGeorge Bundy, the Poundatinn be of n and'°reces-:: cion. which has been ��laguing our personally urged educational institution adopt an aggressive invesiment economy in the past fcw years, millions of wage-earners pnlic AIr. Iiundy',s prodding hada xidespr are unemployed. Those who are still fortunate enough to have jobs have impact. The trustees of colleges, attnc by seen their purchasing power plummet, and the lure of capital, appreciation mindful that the Ford Foundation many live in fear that they, too, may soon , be herded into the -ranks of the 'jobless, 1 inclined to dispense its largesse to heed its Ci4Y govcninfents and school systems, of tisisdom , . ," shifted to high r investments. caught in the squeeze of increasing costs. and decreasing rcvcnucs, are facing ruin' -he Ford Foundalion's 3 billion d ous,cutbacks iii essential services. lars gave it great political pow T Afany groups,.ineluding the Ail, -CIO, This power was increased by int locking linkages which ,.have called for a program of tax reform as exist amon-g, ma of the foundations. It is one•.of the ansivers to our current prob- lenls. In their precisely ti acquisition of political power through t view, the• closing of tax looplfoles and the adequate laxation of accumulation of wealth that inhcritan and other wealth -equalizing taxes wealth would provide sufficient funds not are d signed to correct. merely to avoitl a sealing (]own of public services but to finance additional services Recently a c:unpnign of a kind has be such as universal early childhood educa- launched io help the "poor" fuundalion tion, comprehensive day care and life-long inlieOctober Ne S ��k. 7 uu�seOp ,education—"educarc." l er'I,liectinf 1 Tax reform ;would make' possible the 1974, pointed out Ihat lord Foundati assets, largely as a result of suhstanli funding of such sen•ices without placing stock market revcu5es, had dn•indled fro greater tax burdens on the already over- burdened poor and middle income 3 billion dollars in a mere 2 billion dollar groups.. The chances of tax reform legislation were IIe urged flint life current 4% tax on fou 'dation investment income be greatly enhanced in the aftermath of recent reduced t 2%. If this is not dune, he warned, ill difclgsures of egregious tax_ evasions and • the foundations will become "too small." questionable use of tax loopholes by former President Nixon and olf crs. Another vigorous editorial statement of this question was printed in the Novcmbc Unfortunately, during this anguished 1974 issue of CHANGE: the Mr{�azine o period there is also a movement afoot—a Higher Education. CHANGE says that th( far cry from the quest for socially mean- Ford Foundation's proposal to cut its •ingful tax rfform—to provide greater tax grant! in half is a "crisis in philanthropy" whirl benefits to the multi -billion dollar tax-. will 'only add burdens to an already ilcav exempt foundations. These foundations ily laden tax base." It warns that the "nlin- were given tax exemptions many years ago on the premise that their functions were imum tax proposal which could become part of a package that would force confined to the fields of charity and' "education." pzoplc to pay a basic income tax regardless While sonic of their activities of their philanthropic givines" will create still do in fact fall into these two categories, many of the projects undertaken by them greater problems iur colleges and uni- vcrsities by discouraging philanthropy. :ire plainly political. In the late 19GOs the C.Y/ANGIi asserts that :'no segment of Ford Foundation, for example, financed society could he more favorably disposed the movementforcommunity control of toward a more equitable laz base that the the" schools—an effort which touched off academic community. But no one should racial confrontation across the nation and pretend to overlook the current possibilitv. caille. closc,to'destrovin^,Nnw Ynrl---C;n, flint. srrim,e , The1TW Ytpt limes/Ron Sherman avidence Shows'R Sk'S �.�.. •., -11 halt hell. po st stun to hr a nur.tfc- nxanor. The:nrw`ordillatice.lrta►s possession of tip to :Chair -ounce its it noncriniiml violaliun. In October, -file Slate District Altornvys dsso cintion apprpvcd, by a :f-1 marlin, it resolution to supporta change in the state law to Conform,with the Denver experiment. The measure gill be introduced 110XL year. • file so-called "parking ticket model" was first introduced in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti in Michigan. A year ago, voters 'in the two neigh. boring cities approved a referendum providing for a maximum $.i fine in marijuana case~, /rbc referendum re - implemented a system initially ap. proved'in Ann Arbor- three years ago but briefly eliminated by file greater f:lx burdens on the ltlrt dyy owr- 3 hi bnrdrucil poor and middle income j roup%, I It l Tlly Chl"Ices of lax reform legitilalion were 'dati greally enlcmrccl in the Iffrrmal1iof recent 2�q di,slusurt•e of egregious lav ct:tti6ils hd ftttli the qurmtionadlle umc of hrx loopholes by former President Nixon and others. A •this Ilnfotlun;dcly. chrring this anguished 1`17 period there is :dso a nlovcnlcnt afoot•-,, fan' cry from IIIc grant for ostially nican_ bore ingful lax r(fornr-tn Provide, Ip•cater tax in h; hcncfils lo the muni-hillion dollar' iax- Will exempt foundations. Thane foundations ily la were given tax exemption•. 111:11\1 years alto inn, on file premise that their functions were !'art confined to the fields of "chitrily" anti' Ili P; "education•" While mime of their activities their tlo in fact fall into Ihcme te:o catcgurits, great many of Ilse Projects undertaken by ihau %, City Council; i j ;n•e Plainly political. In the late 1760s the C 111 o In New York City, District Al- ford Foundation, for example, financed socio % to G1�®� Pades torney Richard Koh last summer in- I the nlovenicnt for community control of tow;l stituted a circumvention of the tltc schools—an effort which toiu•hrd off :lead potential 15 -year prison ,term fol racial confrontation across the nation and Prete possession. of more than a quarter- came close to destroying New York City. that ticked decrimtr•ali- now than ever before. Federal de. ounce of marijuana. Under the ](oil Afore recently the Ford Foundation saw tliou� te. In many cities, criminalization legislation is ex eel- plan, which also has the backing of print p three of the other four district at- fit to finance the National Committee for favor ars only, as one ed to be irllroduced in the next ses- •liceman has said, sion of Con ress'in the. Senatb b torneys in the city (Staten Island Citizens in Education Tshich, among its g Y ` declined to amici ale other aclivities has been lobbying for Sen- TIL ske in your face." Jacob 16Javits, Republican of New P p ), persons ac- g s Police Chief Ed- York; and in the Nouse by Refire- cused Of "simple possession" of up alor James Ituckley's "Profcclion of the vivid :sued ;I statement Tentative Edward I. Koch, Demo ` to two pounds of marijuanapre per, Rights and Privacy of Parents and Stu- file P ral grounds, any crit - of New York. Mr. Jnvits has mjtted to plead guilty to a single deufs Bill. '1'6 gain support in its cant- fact i the local police said that. "it's time. to do. some ;mjsdemcanor count, h paign, it has been holding hearings across under him to distribute thing" about marijuana latus to Decriminalization ferment might t'IL country unreel at convincing parents fount ng lie had spoken ' make them conform to wliht has be. seem to be contradicted by arrest I ihat teachers and their unions are too pow- I -illy .nd not on behalf come accepted social behavior.' ' statistics, which continue to show I erful—an effort that is likely to set the slage mslga' an upward trend. In 1973, for in- for new school conflicts, the rc : is here is a Chancing Stances stance, 420,700 lrrsoris were arrest- Proble :r of people using At the Federal level, the change in cd nationally on marijuana charges, There n another clement s the work it is el 9•s;' says Wesley administration seems to have had a up from 188,682 in 1970 and as few' of IIIc foundations which has sharp politi- it is e hief in Berkeley;- as 18 815 in 19G5. Many observers L rd Ovcl•toncs. It has to do with a kind of selves. pronounced effect. Former Pres- thought control—a process in which uni- , their g :r Justice Depart- idem Richard Nixon repeatedly told believe the increase is the result of from a pra�mat- aides there was "noway" he would more uninhibited and widespread f versify professors and authors who seek 7hc} the police ought ever support less stringent marijua- use. Though few of the offenders foundation grants for their Own projects mems, ie uncomfortable na penalties, even after the Nationalever go to jail and 111-11Y cases are:, consider it tile, better part of wisdom to create to enforce an un. Commission on Marijuana and Drug • dismissed, suspects retain their-ar- refrain from 'criticizing views which the lax ad Abuse called for such'a' change in rest records for life in most states. foundations=ndorse. D.C., United 1972. ., Significantly, none of the pro- Clea P i The 1_19_7- 9.7112 isf, in its issue of Se timed f Irl J. Silbert an- Betty Ford, the new Presidents'' Posed state and federal' statute her 28 1'J74 points out that many col- should it that his office wife, has publicly said she is certain , changesl goes beyond the elimma- ' of ecute, and cap. her three Fhildren have tried ''pot.,, ' tion of penalties for private use and ILgLs and ualceLsiGes arc nmy it, fiv.incial cials ac not, arrest, users One of the Fords' twa sons his re- POS$CSSiOn of marijuana. The sale 1 (lsfliiculfy because they invested their en- people 'e or fewer niari- portedly met several times with of- and -distribution of marijuanawould dowillent fulllls in )sigh -risk Ventures. It 'da ti os qtr. Silbert can- • ficials of the National Organization ,'still be illegal. aPPears, saps file Economist, that "Mr. thcroscl ore it was to go for the Refofm of Marijuana 'Laws.___ anday, however, (NORML).. Offspring of public offi- Allan Parachini writes re uen[I Mr. Spanker's comments appear in this section every Sunday. Reader xoversy that de• cials, including Oregon's, Gov. Tom on drugs. He is the former director to Mr. $1lanker at LIFT. inn Federation o1Teachers, AFL-CIO, sponsored 260 Park AvenueSotising I tie. McCall and' former Presidential of a program in drug abuse report- despread casing counsel J. Fred Buzhardt, have been Ing at the Columbia Graduate appear greater arrested on marijuana charges.. School of Journalism. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COLLI THE CENTER FOO CONTiNUING EDUCATIOPI COIUm�JL j Winter Session j Dropped out or never got started? do you I�3�1e t9(fiC ¢�Yre✓teE Ii�e? January 6-, 7, i The CcnteP for Continuing Education offers a I serious, supportive, academic environment, espc-' ` cially geared to women, for beginning or contin- uing work toward the B.A. degree., Classesmeet • onceaweek ' R in Ihvdayfimo } r c.sominarstyle • a new career • professional preparation rr • creative retirement . a broad liberal arts education) self-fulfillment ... r. t j•: tic„a+i....t l3 -..a. Columbia Univers4y out program of 9 courses. C Congress Againt The Politics of A of We Workshop in Lar RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION AMENDING PERSONNEL PROCEDURES, EMPLOYEE CONDUCT AND RELATIONS, SECTION H2C. WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 72-2661 establishes that the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, may establish.•personnel procedures, rules and regulations by resolution, and WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City, Iowa, by Resolution No. 72-529 has established certain perrsonnel procedures for the City of Iowa City, Iowa, and WHEREAS, the City Council of Iowa City deems it necessary to amend these proce- dures. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that the City personnel procedures, employee conduct and relations, Section H2C, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Commuting expenses, (except those for public transportation and the use of private automobiles), child care, and other expenses incurred relating to official City business, which does not require travel outside the City may be reimbursed. It was moved by and seconded by that the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ATTEST: Brandt Czarnecki Davidsen dsProsse White City Clerk Passed and approved this L day of Mayor A.D., 19