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JUN 1819 80 B00A 43 PAGE 814 ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE EXPANDED OPERATIONS AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR CONCURS THERE IS THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL CLERK. COMMISSIONER LYONS INQUIRED IF WE ARE SAVING ANY MONEY BY HAVING THIS DEPARTMENT, AND MR. NELSON FELT WE CANT HELP BUT SAVE MONEY WITH THIS OPERATION. HE POINTED OUT THAT $2,000 WAS SAVED ON THE SEBASTIAN AMBULANCE RADIOS ALONE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR THAT THE DIRECTOR OF MATERIALS''MANAGEMENT BE ALLOWED TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL CLERK. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON NEXT REVIEWED THE REVISED PAGES OF THE PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH THE BOARD. THESE INCORPORATED THE CHANGES SUGGESTED BY THE BOARD AT THE JUNE 4TH MEETING. COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT THE WAY THE RULES ARE SET UP REGARDING POLITICAL ACTIVITY, AN EMPLOYEE REALLY CANNOT HOLD AN ELECTIVE OFFICE. APPARENTLY THEY ARE ALLOWED TO RUN FOR OFFICE.- BUT FFICE,BUT IF THEY WIN AND ARE ELECTED, THEY GET DISCHARGED. HE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THIS IS TOO STRICT. HE GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A COUNTY EMPLOYEE WHO WANTS TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND ASKED IF WE WOULD RULE THEM OUT COMPLETELY JUST BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR THE COUNTY. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATION NELSON FELT THERE WOULD BE A CON- FLICT OF INTEREST, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ALSO BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. HE DID NOT BELIEVE SOMEONE COULD BE, FOR INSTANCE, A DRAGLINE OPERATOR AND A SHERIFF AT THE SAME TIME. COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT THAT BEING SHERIFF IS A FULL TIME JOB, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT THERE ARE SOME ELECTED OFFICES, SUCH AS THE HOSPITAL BOARD, MOSQUITO CONTROL BOARD, DRAINAGE DISTRICT, ETC., THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE SUCH A PROBLEM. DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO INCLUDING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT IN THIS PORTION OF THE PERSONNEL RULES AND ALSO AS TO THE PERSON WHO WOULD DETERMINE THAT THERE WAS OR WAS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 78