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Show Page A2 Thursday, October 1, 1987 Park Record ! ll te,r it-H Yin! o . Tori Gomes From academia to macadam la More than 40 "cookie students" were on hand this week for the official opening of Mrs. Field's Cookie College, located in the renovated Dudler Building on Main Street. Management Manage-ment trainees and district managers from across the country attended classes in mixing, baking and customer service. Sally White, director of marketing for Fields, anticipates more than 1,000 graduates in the next year. Old and new members honored RECREATION from A1 Quoid then explained the city's position, posi-tion, but she first defended the city's effort to cooperate with other governmental entities. "I've been hearing a lot of people say 'why can't you guys cooperate on this'," she said. "We really have been cooperating." MacQuoid noted that county games were being played on school fields, that the city was using the school's indoor space and that county and city kids were using the City Park. The city was proposing an outdoor pool for the November city ballot, she said, "because the Dan Jones survey showed a pool had support." The pool would be outdoor because research had shown "indoor pools lose money." MacQuoid told fellow decisionmakers decision-makers that the city saw four alternative alter-native ways of approaching funding the pool and other recreation facilities: activating the recreation district, creating a new service area to tax Snyderville area residents, levying le-vying a tax through the existing Park City School District, or the city paying only for its own citizen's needs. "The last is the least attractive," said MacQuoid. Council member Kristen Rogers added, "We feel we're real capable of providing programs for our resident's resi-dent's needs, but we want to be a community with the whole county." The audience was then allowed to make short presentations. Several by HEIDI WEST Record staff writer A controversial new city staff pay plan was adopted unanimously by city ci-ty council members Thursday. The council heard comments on the plan from several employees at a work session earlier in the afternoon after-noon Sept. 24, and despite some of the comments being quite negative, members voted in favor of the plan. City Manager Arlene Loble told council members the plan would be "a great money-saver for the city" because there would be no automatic or cumulative raises. Instead, In-stead, staff who performed well would receive bonuses. Each staff position now has a pay range, which under the plan would be "scrunched," said Loble. In other words, the high end of the range would be lowered to wht ,oble calls "the working level" for tne position. "Now, that working level tends to ! right in the middle of the range, she added. When a new employee comes to work for the city, they would be raised rais-ed to the working level top of the range "as soon as possible after heshe has demonstrated full competency," com-petency," said Loble. Each year, the city would determine deter-mine with the help of a consultant whether the market demand or other factors had pushed the average salary for any city position up. If so, the working level for that position would also rise. City staff would eventually be operating at a level equal to the 75th percentile of the marketplace. Now, the city council traditionally gives all city supervisors an annual percentage increase which they can distribute to employees at their own discretion. The practice would stop under the new plan, and Loble expects ex-pects the savings to be $44,350. But, in the first few years, the emphasis em-phasis will be on bringing underpaid employees in any given range up to the top of the range through what Loble calls "equity adjustments." In INDEX Business ....All Classifieds ............ CI Columns A12 encouraged the decision-makers to consider buying the Park Meadows Racquet Club, which is now in foreclosure and has announced it will close Nov. 1. A few asked that a new school be built before money is put into a new recreation facility. Resident Terry Christiansen said a pool may not be the best use of recreation money. "We go to the Solamere pool. It's an outdoor pool and there is hardly anyone who uses it," he said. "It's not used because it's not warm enough in Park City most of the year." Christiansen, who is also a soccer coach, asked that more money than is now spent be put into youth baseball, soccer and other sports rather than into a swimming pool. The county took over baseball and soccer this year, but the programs have suffered from a lack of organization. "Let's put that money into a good administrator," said Christiansen. Park Meadows Racquet Club employee Candy Erickson also advised ad-vised against building an outdoor pool. "It's not a great moneymaker," money-maker," she said. "It's incredibly expensive to maintain an absolutely absolute-ly phenomenal expense." After more discussion between the board, commission and council members, positions seemed to soften and blend. Flinders agreed that "all alternatives alter-natives should be looked at," and offered of-fered to consider a contribution from the county's capital fund if it was small, or putting a larger tax-generated tax-generated sum on the ballot. That the 1987-88 budget, $41,000 has been set aside for these adjustments. The philosophy behind the plan-besides plan-besides saving money is to reward employees for the quality of the job done rather than the number of years they have been with the city. "It's equal pay for equal work," said personnel director Bob Stephens. Under the old system where the top of the range was much higher, employees who had been with the city ci-ty for several years tended to move automatically toward the top as yearly raises accumulated. This created a disparity between newer staff members who started low but might be doing the same job, and the more senior staff members. The plan also offers equity in other ways, says Loble. By raising salaries to the 75th percentile of the marketplace instead of,, the 70th percentile where staff was operating, city positions are more competitive. And, by using a consultant's services ser-vices instead of allowing staff to determine what the 70th or 75th percentile is, the city can be more sure the results will be objective. Eventually, most of the staff in a particular position will be paid the same base salary, regardless of the years they have put into the job. Then it will be up to their supervisor super-visor who now controls raises to determine how large a bonus the employee will receive in any given year. The bonus does not carry over into the next year's base salary, so there are no cumulative increases. This last feature was one which police chief Frank Bell characterized characteriz-ed as most positive about the new plan in his comments to city council members. "For the last three years we have sat in this room and talked about whether it will be a three percent or two percent or four percent increase," in-crease," he began. "This plan builds in insurance against fluctuations in the economy. It doesn't drive geometric increases." Bell noted that the guaranteed Education A9 Entertainment ,.B3 F.Y.I B7 Letters A 15 way, county users of a city facility would not be charged extra, he noted. "The numbers mean a lot to me," he said. Flinders also agreed to work with the city so the county would not duplicate recreation programs offered of-fered by the city. And, he suggested the group "look into the racquet club." "The county doesn't want the noose around its neck of maintaining a large facility," he said. The club has the only indoor tennis courts in town, noted audience member Gary Cole. Without them, the high school tennis team would be unable to continue. It also has a large indoor space which could become a gym, offices, a small outdoor pool and four acres of land, said other audience members and staff. Council member Jim Doilney said the city had considered buying the club, but explained it needed renovating to be up to city standards for public buildings. City staff and consultants have estimated that bringing br-inging the buildings up to code would cost between $250,000 and $620,000. Whether the city continues to consider con-sider buying the club would "all be a function of price," he said. Garbett said she felt the racquet club might be "the perfect joint venture" ven-ture" for all three government entities en-tities to pursue. The decision-makers agreed to form a smaller committee which will meet again to continue discussions. cumulative increases eacn year lor all city staff has meant "we have nearly priced ourselves out of the market." But, other staff complained the plan "locked in" some employees by reducing the cap for a particular position. '.'If you think of Park City as a career situation, there's no where to go," said an employee of the Community Development Department. Lloyd Evans, who spoke for the employees association, said the plan "has raised a great deal of discussion discus-sion among the employees." It would affect benefits because they are tied to base salary, he noted. It would also be tied to market values for different positions. "What if the market never moves?" asked Evans. He also pointed out that the bonuses would be left up to the supervisors to determine. "You have to have enough confidence in your supervisor that you will get a bonus," he said. Evans added that he personally favored the plan. Council members addressed some of the employee's concerns in their discussion. Kristen Rogers said "one of the major things we've been saying is we want people to stay here. Now we're saying we don't value longevity." longevi-ty." Loble responded that sometimes new employees were more expensive expen-sive to hire than what existing employees in the same position were paid. The plan would help bring long-term employees up to those standards, she noted. Council member Tom Shellenberger said the council "has always wanted to reward people who do an excellent job." But, he noted that the city was strapped for funds. "There's a conflict con-flict between how much money is available to spend and wanting to reward that excellence." Council members voted in favor of the plan at their regular meeting later on Thursday evening. Legals ,C5 Sports.. BI Television C6 Past members of the executive committee and board of directors were honored for their service this past week at the annual Park City Area Chamber of CommerceConvention Com-merceConvention and Visitors Bureau social and meeting, held last Friday at Lloyd's Place in Shadow Ridge. In addition, the new ChamberBureau executive committee com-mittee and Board were introduced at . the social. The new executive committee com-mittee members are: Jess Reid, president; Craig Badami, vice president, presi-dent, marketing and special events; Mickey Smith, vice president member service and community events; Gordan Strachan, vice president government and business relations and employment expansion; expan-sion; Joe Jafarian, vice president meetings and conventions; and submitted by the Park City Fire Service District National Fire Prevention Week will be observed from Sunday, Oct. 4 to Saturday, Oct. 10, according to the Park City Fire Service District. Locally, the fire department conducts con-ducts fire prevention and safety programs pro-grams all year to help citizens protect pro-tect themselves from fire. This concern con-cern for public fire safety is blghljghtedj during Fire Pjeyen.tipn Week. "' . '. j "- '' '".I To focus attention oh this observance, obser-vance, the Fire Prevention Division of the district is offering home fire inspections during the month of October. Oc-tober. The inspections involve brief 15- to 10-minute examinations to detect any obvious fire hazards, Hugh Daniels, treasurer. The new members of the board of directors are: Russ Coburn, Silver King State Bank; Bill Coleman, Coleman Col-eman Land Co.; Gary Cole, Cole Sport, Ltd.; Kevin DeWitt, Landmark Land-mark Hotel; Tom Flinders, County Commissioner; Dave Hanna, Deer Valley Lodging; Larry Jackstein; Kim McClelland, Jupiter Property Management; Lloyd Stevens, Lloyd's Place; Hal Taylor, City Council; Robin Valline, Valline Gallery; Barbara Zimonja, Deer Valley Lodging and Park City Resort Lodging. More than 200 people attended the social hosted by Lloyd Stevens, owner of Lloyd's Place and David Zatz, general manager of Shadow Ridge. The social was presented in a trade show format with ChamberBureau employees presenting their programs from fiscal year 1986-87. In addition, Jan Wilking, past president of the ChamberBureau was presented with a framed watercolor of Park City's Main St. as an expression of gratitude for his service during the past year. Outgoing executive committee members are: Jan Wilking, president, presi-dent, and John Miiller, treasurer. Outgoing board of directors are: Randy Fields, Fields Financial Corp.; Rob Slettom, The Resort Center; Mark Stedman, SneakersStedman Catering; Laura Thomas and Heidi Allsop. The first Board meeting with the ChamberBureau's new executive director, executive committee and board of directors immediately preceded the annual social, from 4 to 5:20 p.m. Regular business issues were discussed during the Board meeting. Fire prevention tops, week followed by suggestions from fire department personnel regarding how to alleviate andor avoid fire hazards in the home. Any resident within fire district boundaries may take advantage of this program by calling the Fire Prevention Division at district headquarters, head-quarters, 1353 Park Ave., or by calling call-ing 649-6942 and making an appointment appoint-ment for home inspection. Additionally, fire prevention literature regarding exit drills, escape planning, wood- and coal-burning coal-burning stove fact sheets and general fire safety are available at district headquarters and are free for the asking. On Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m., Utah's fire departments will join with McDonald's restaurants to help conduct a statewide fire drill. It's all part of "Plan to Get Out Alive," a program designed to help children and their parents learn how to get out of their homes safely if there's a fire. Last year thousands of Utah families participated in the drill. One family living in Lehi safely escaped their burning home because of their planning. This is how the statewide home fire drill will work: Ptekrupa copy of ' a'"Homfc Fire Escape Plan,vat your local McDonald's restaurant or fire department. ; The plan will provide fire safety tips and details of how to plan for a home fire drill. A grid in the plan can be used to chart escape routes from your own home. On Oct. 6, at 6:30 p.m., carry out your plan. VlJ v 4 rlP lLM : ub, M vr w Amazing bike journey Next Sunday, Oct. 4 the Park City Nordic Club will present a special presentation featuring three rugged individuals who traveled around the world on their bicycles. The show is a one-night only deal that starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre. For ticket information, call 649-2447. J- POD -.The Sgi IPairk KecM The Park Record (USPS 0037-8370) is published weekly by the Suburban Diversified Newspapers. Second-class postage in Park City, UT. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Park Record, 1670 Bonanza Dr., Box 3688 Park City, UT B4060. 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Box 3688, Park City, Utah 84060 New pay plan for city passes . . 5 """ ; ... -""" "" yff't ir y y ' 1 XX "- V T "1 I ' ' " """ i flr , - - --.,, :ti x .fjrm i n. m I ' : - ; ' 'i Wednesday morning accident... An accident that occurred Sept. 30 at 7 : 51 a.m. left one car totalled and another with $2,000 of damage. According to officer Kim Collins of the Park City Police Department, Stacy Jacobsen was travelling east on Kearns Boulevard in her 1983 Dodge Colt and observed Max McNecly, driving a 1986 Toyota pickup, attempting attemp-ting to make a left turn at the intersection from Bonanza Drive. Collins said McNeely failed to yield the right-of-way, causing the collision to occur. The Colt was totalled, he said, and the Toyota sustained $2,000 of damage to the front end. The accident was still under investigation at press time. |