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MINUTES JUL 1 3 1979
WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
June 5, 1979 GREELEY. COLO.
The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity
with the Weld County Home Rule Charter at 915 10th Street, Greeley,
Colorado, June 5, 1979 at the hour of 1 P.M.
ROLL CALL: The following members were present:
Robert Martin, President
Ralph Waldo, Vice President
Cedric Hallock, Councilmember
Gary Kampel, Councilmember
Floyd Oliver, Councilmember
Also present: Mr. Don Warden; Sheriff Andrews; Undersheriff Ross;
Captain Dill ; Captain Metzger; Captain Tydings, 3 members of the press;
and the secretary, Beverly Thomas.
MINUTES: Cedric Hallock made a motion, seconded by Ralph Waldo, to adopt
the May 15, 1979 meeting mindes. Floyd Oliver thought that the minutes
should be amended under the heading, Productivity Improvement Program,
by adding the word "elected" before the phrase "department heads could
refuse the Commissioners ' offer". With the approval of all the
Councilmembers, the President instructed the secretary to so amend the
minutes.
PRODUCTIVITY REPORT: Mr. Warden presented a report to the Council concerning
the work of Augustine Associates. He stated that he has met weekly with
Augustine personnel since they began work May 2, 1979. Mr. Warden's
report included a description of activities that Augustine is engaged in
as well as specific actions that are being initiated in different depart-
ments. He stated that the contract between the County and Augustine was
to be presented to the Commissioners the week of June 11, 1979. He said
that care had gone into its preparation to assure that all possible
problems were covered. The details of the guarantee were discussed. Mr.
Warden is to send the Council a copy of the contract. He also said that
he would send the Council copies of the "weekly progress reviews" from
Augustine.
APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDER: Ralph Waldo made a motion, seconded by Floyd Oliver,
that the Council approve payment of input document 5210 for mileage for
Cedric Hallock.
• CORRESPONDENCE: Mr. Martin made the correspondence file available to
Councilmembers. He read aloud an invitation to a retirement reception
for Dr. Yoder. Councilmembers signed a letter of congratulations to
Dr. Yoder.
COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING TIME: Mr. Martin said that due to conflicts with the
Council's Tuesday meetings, he was recommending that the Council move its
meeting time to Thursday beginning with the first Thursday in July.
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Mr. Waldo stated that 1:30 P.M. would be better for him on Thursdays.
Discussion was held concerning meeting once a month unless a special
meeting was necessary.
Floyd Oliver made a motion that the Council have its next meeting the
first Thursday of July at 1 :30 P.M. and at that time have a resolution
prepared to change the Council's regular meeting time thereafter to the
first Thursday of the month at 1:30 P.M. Gary Kampel seconded the
motion and it carried unanimously.
MEETING WITH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL: Sheriff Andrews stated that the
Sheriff Department is having problems hiring personnel and keeping
the personnel that it has trained. He said that he had more than 20
officers who have applied to other law enforcement agencies because the
salaries and benefits in Weld County are the lowest in the area.
Captain Tydings presented information to the Council that had been
presented previously to the County Commissioners. He presented a chart
of the pay scales/benefits of surrounding law enforcement agencies
showing that Weld County did not have competitive salaries and benefits.
Captain Dill made a presentation regarding the cost of training new
personnel and the financial loss to the County that results when a
newly-trained employee leaves the County.
The Sheriff personnel stated that the 1980 Budget would be too late to
help the problems that they face now. The Department is understaffed,
unable to attract new recruits, and unable to keep the personnel that they
have.
Mr. Martin felt that the short-term problem was to keep the personnel that
are in the Department and the long-term problem was to attract new persons
to the Department. Mr. Kampel felt that everyone would have to wait and
see what Mr. Barrett was going to recommend. Mr. Waldo said that the
Sheriff should confer with Mr. Warden to see if any money was available
to solve the problems.
Councilmembers pointed out that they had no authority to act in this
matter. However, they felt that the situation was a serious one and that
the present state of affairs was a money-losing one for the County.
Sheriff Andrews was congratulated by Councilmembers for requesting that
Augustine Associates study the Sheriff's Department.
RESOLUTION RE: PRODUCTIVITY STUDY: Ralph Waldo made a motion, seconded by
Cedric Hallock, that the Council adopt the resolution endorsing the
• productivity study with the addition of the word "however" following
the phrase "in County government" in the fifth paragraph. The motion
carried unanimously. It was determined that the Council would send
this resolution to area newspapers.
MISCELLANEOUS: It was determined that a Councilmember would not meet with
the Commissioners for the routinely-scheduled meeting on June 13, 1979.
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Mr. Kampel was appointed to serve on the Employee Policy Study
Committee.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Beverly Thomas APPROVED // !2 ti L• -
Council Secretary Council President
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