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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS NOTED THAT AS THE COUNTY CHANGES, <br />WE MAY SEE DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR THAN WE HAVE <br />HAD OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS. HIS THINKING WAS THAT THIS WOULD OFFER <br />SOME BASE FOR FUTURE BOARDS RATHER THAN THE PRESENT BOARD. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED, AND MR. PELLEGRINO STATED THAT THEY <br />COULD ELIMINATE AIDES AND ASSISTANTS TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FROM <br />PORTIONS OF THE HIRE AND DISCHARGE PART. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT PICTURE WHO WOULD <br />FALL IN THAT CATEGORY AND HE WOULD JUST AS SOON STRIKE THAT NOTATION. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT IT SHOULD READ JUST THE COUNTY <br />ADMINISTRATOR AND ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND LEAVE EVERYONE <br />ELSE OUT, AND THE CHAIRMAN AGREED. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS COMMENTED THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT <br />THIS PROVISION IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VIEW AND AT THIS POINT, IF <br />THAT IS THE INTENT, HE WOULD SEE NO REASON WHY EVEN AN ADMINISTRATOR <br />SHOULDNIT BE UNDER THOSE RULES AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BEFORE. <br />MR. PELLEGRINO STATED THAT MORE AND MORE ADMINISTRATORS ARE <br />BECOMING CONTRACTUALLY ALIGNED WITH THEIR PARTICULAR JOBS, AND THE <br />TOP PERSON USUALLY IS EXCLUDED. <br />AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED TO EXEMPT JUST THE <br />COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND STRIKE <br />ITEM 3 OUT ALTOGETHER. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NEXT INQUIRED ABOUT ITEM 10 ON PAGE 3-4, <br />WHICH RELATES TO AN EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE, AND ASKED IF <br />THIS IS A STANDARD TYPE CLAUSE INCLUDED IN MOST COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY <br />RULES. <br />MR. PELLEGRINO STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN TESTED LEGALLY. <br />IF A COUNTY EMPLOYEE IS CAMPAIGNING FOR A COUNTY OFFICE, YOU CAN <br />INSIST THAT THEY RESIGN. IF IT WERE FOR ANOTHER POLITICAL BODY, THEN <br />YOU WOULD NOT.BE ON GOOD CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DID NOT REALLY APPROVE OF <br />DISSEMINATION OF POLITICAL MATERIAL BY COUNTY EMPLOYEES. HE NOTED <br />THAT THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIR OPINION, BUT ASKED IF THEY CAN PASS OUT <br />CAMPAIGN LITERATURE WHILE THEY ARE ON THE JOB. <br />67 <br />JUN 4-1980 <br />