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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION
FEBRUARY 2, 1988
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 P.M.
M I N U T E S
The Plainview City Council met in Special Session on Tuesday,
February 2, 1988, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City
Hall, with Mayor E.V. Ridlehuber presiding. The following
Councilmembers were present: Alton Jackson, Terry Clements, Don
Dickson, Barbara Dorman, Bobby James and Tom Aday. Councilman
Junior Brown was absent.
Staff present: City Manager James P. Jeffers.
News Media present were: Cathy Donahue - K.V.O.P. and Richard Orr
- Plainview Daily Herald.
Guest present were:
and Johnny Roberts.
Gina Billington, Jack Dickey, Carl Holland,
Mayor Ridlehuber delivered the invocation and welcomed the guest.
Mayor Ridlehuber stated the purpose of the Special Called Session
was to review the preliminary data on the Personnel Audit.
City Manager Jim Jeffers informed the Council that the City had.
solicited bids in June, 1987, for this project with the project to
review the following: job descriptions; job evaluation; salary
survey; salary structure;~ personnel policy; employee attitude
survey; performance evaluation; organizational structure; and
training and implementation of the various programs. The bid was
awarded to SMC, Inc. at a total price of $11,500.00, with the
survey to be completed by December 31, 1987. SMC, Inc. had
advised that due to unexpected complications of the existing
salary table, the project had been delayed. At the City Council
Pre-Session of' January 26, 1988, SMC, Inc. presented preliminary
data which showed the cost for implementing recommendations as a
result of a State Wide Survey as $169,000.00; West Texas Survey
$178,000.00; and a "hybrid" survey $153,000.00. At the
Pre-Session the City Council instructed SMC, Inc. to proceed with
the completion of the results based on the State Wide Survey,
which was believed to offer the most accurate picture.
Councilman Bobby James stated there were many facets which needed
to be examined more closely, one of them being the tax base and
tax rate of the cities surveyed. He added he felt that the larger
the tax base the more able a city was to pay higher salaries.
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After a lengthy discussion it was the consensus of the City
Council to continue with the earlier agreed upon plan of action,
with the final survey anticipated to be presented to the City
Council at its Retreat on February 21, 1988. At that time the
City Council would begin deliberations as to whether or not the
Council agreed with the survey and whether or not the City could
afford to implement said survey.
The City Council reached a consensus that no additional
information would be requested from SMC, Inc. other than that
which was already scheduled to be provided.
Councilwoman Dorman moved that the Meeting be adjourned. Motion
was duly seconded by Councilman Clements and carried by a
unanimous vote.
There being no further business Mayor Ridlehuber adjourned the
Meeting at 8:50 p.m.
E.V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
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