-----Original Message----- From: WizardMarks
Were I going to complain about the state of city hall, one complaint would be the failure to assign enough staff to distressed wards. The mood of the council at the time of the data collection mentioned above was that if one council got more staff, then everyone got more staff and where would they house them. [Terrell] Seems like in virtually every elected body, everyone either gets the same amount of staff or same budget for staff. Although different wards or districts have different constituent needs, they all represent the same number of people. Giving some additional staff would allow more empire building and given that many elected office holders are eventually look to be elected to another office that isn't an especially good thing. [Wizard] The city council is privileged to have some of the finest secretarial clerks in the city. I haven't seen a wage scale, a personnel manual, or anything tangible which shows me that the council appreciates those clerks. Flowers on secretary's day do not mean squat. [Terrell] Each Councilmember has 2 staff. Their secretary is a union civil service job. They get paid the negotiated wage scale. Their Council Aide is a political appointee but it also has a scale based on number of years experience in the job. All council aides with the same amount of council experience are paid the same amount. The good ones are all under paid given the amount of work they do. The bad ones shouldn't be there but the Councilmember can make the change as they see fit. Terrell Brown Loring Park terrell at terrellbrown dot org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
