Show City ity workers to get I first chance at jobs The Vernal City Council approved City Personnel Manager Michelle Aycocks Aycock's proposal that city employees be allowed the first opportunity to apply for job openings within the city before the openings are publicly announced and advertised advertised ad ad- forThe for The council decided in their September 14 H meeting that in the future such job openings will be circulated within the city personnel before advertising to the public City Manager Glade I I. I Nelson reports the reasons are two-fold two that city workers be allowed to have the first opportunity for a anew anew anew new job He lie states the building of morale will be heightened bythe bythe by bythe the new edict handed down because city employees will realize they can improve their own personal situation and the show of respect and confidence the city ity has in its workers by providing for house in promotions The city will also benefit Nf NH Nelson nn adds because we can capitalize on the expertise and knowledge that exists in city employees Regardless of the department city personnel will have an inside track on an outsider applying for a job Continued on Page 5 City j workers Continued from Crom Pa Page e 1 l' because of oC the knowledge about the system that exists TI TilE If COUNCIL also allocated a maximum of oC for Cor a beautification project at West Main Street Nelson was placed In charge of oC the project which is expected to begin construction in the spring Nelson mentioned that community Involvement will play playa a large role in having this project completed before beCore summer begins He will go around to businesses and private citizens asking for Cor contributions for Cor the project Contributions he says will come in the form Corm of oC providing labor or financial contributions that will go towards the purchase pur pur- purchase chase of oC shrubs and greenery for Cor the island The council approved the funding following a presentation presentation presen tation of a sketch completed by Chuck Borup Borup supplied the sketches and ideas to the council as to the landscaping of oC the project Ray Winn received authorization from Crom the council to begin a road engineering survey on South Street that is slated to be a major sewer trunk line by 1979 A college student who had interned here this past summer completed a survey for a culvert system along the same street Winn is is' contracted out to the city by Valley Engineering for Cor engineering work at a rate of sixteen hours a week The council approved the use of any free time lime Winn has below the sixteen hours to work on the survey GLADE NELSONS NELSON'S request to attend the International City Management Convention in Atlanta Ga was approved by bythe bythe bythe the council The convention will take lake place from Crom Oct 30 to Nov 4 at a cost to the city of In final action business license applications were approved approved ap ap- p- p proved for Earl B B. B Hunting doing business as Sarah's Scissor and Saw Sharpening 21 N. N E E. E Gilmer A A. A Chivers doing business as Backhoe Fern B B. B doing 1 business as Mountain Land Title and Abstract Co W. W Main Knight Adjustment Bureau 34 W W. S S. S I |