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Show n u O Captain List 's It's out and will be published next week. vol. as no. a r 13 Hill AFB, Utah March 3, 19C9 r .uA(sl!?DuDmU 1 negotiation yields better service 0-y- ear by Ken Perrotte Palacio said. 4'He has stated he wants a new era of cooperation with the AFGE and we're certainly willing to give it a try. "I'm excited about the prospects," he said. e child care services for the chilGeneral Hansen said command officials are dren of civilian workers at Hill AFB will strongly committed to providing expanded child be expanded. civilian employees. care services for their 83,000-plu- s officials Center Air Ogden Logistics "We want to ensure that AFLC people and their said a determination will shortly be children are afforded quality child development opmade on whether the present child care portunities. center will be expanded or a new facility "This cooperation will help meet our complete built to accommodate more children. child care needs," the general said. "Providing quality child care for our The general applauded AFGE representatives for civilian employees is a big step in the their willingness to work with the command to exlarright direction and will benefit the pand child care for civilian employees. of our work officials force," gest part "This has been an important issue for our comV:: said. mand and I'm very pleased we were able to work this "One thing we are certain about, out in a manner that will best serve not only the Air offer we is that though, quality presently Force and the AFGE, but also our children," Generwill care on this base and we child not al Hansen said. sacrifice that when we do expand our The AFLC commander said civilian employees usservices." ing the expanded services can count on safe, Editor's note: When more informachild development proand tion becomes available, the Hilltop grams. The command already serves nearly 1,000 Times will print the details. children enrolled in 16 centers. "This expanded child care is a real plus for our T civilian employees," Mr. Palacio said. "We hope they will, and we encourage them to, use these services a long struggle, but now it looks like increased child once they become available." AFGE officials first proposed in 1978 that child care for civilians is going to happen. "General Hansen has taken a real leadership role care facilities for civilian employees be established See Children, Page 2, please. in solving some command and AFGE issues," Mr. More kids at Hill On-bas- . Ohio AFB, An agreement paving the way for exN, (AFLCNS) panded child care for Air Force Logistics Command civilian employees by year's end was reached Thursday. The announcement, made jointly by Gen. Alfred G. Hansen, AFLC commander, and Paul D. Palacio, Federation of Government Employees Council 214 president, concluded an often intense negotiation period that spanned some. 10 years. Union representatives from throughout the com-- . mand met with AFLC officials Feb. 22 at AFLC AFB. In a meetheadquarters at Wright-Patterso- n termed "unprecedented" by AFLC officials, ing AFGE representatives met as a group with Gene al Hansen, reaching a verbal agreement during a r - : - : meeting. Awritten memorandum prepared earlier this week spells out details of the agreement. The agreement also calls for a child care committee to be by AFGE and AFLC management representatives. Mr. Palacio hailed the agreement as the "result of 10 long years of negotiations. It was definitely two-hou- ., co-chair- ed ft 2Sr)(oijQC , AFLC Office of Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSO- n on n n n . well-equipp- ed well-manage- d . (precede ECTC wirk No contracts will be awarded to be- gin work on the proposed Electric Combat Test Capability at the Utah Test and Training Range and Hill AFB until after an Environmental Impact Statement has been collected and a Record of Decision has been filed. That clarification was provided by Lt. Col. .Thomas J. Bartol, Air Force Regional Civil Engineer's office, Norton AFB. Calif. Colonel Bartol is responsible for the Environmental Impact Statement being prepared for the proposed ECTC. "There will be no construction contracts awarded for the ECTC until after the Record of Decision is filed," Colonel Bartol said. "Current contracts address only planning and design efforts. There has not been a final Air Force decision concerning the deployment of the proposed ECTC at Hill and UTTR," he said. The Record of Decision will not be filed until after the Environmental Impact Statement has been completed this coming fall. "Be assured that we are acutely aware of our . responsibilities with regard to the National Environmental Policy Act and that we. will not preempt the decision to proceed with the deployment of this proposal until the completion of the environmental analysis review," the colonel said. - 66 There will be no construction contracts awarded for ECTC until after the Record of Decision is filed. 99 J. Bartol Lt. Col. Thomas Regional Civil Engineers Office ;.: F ....... 0 i All current activities concern planning only, not actual deployment. "We freely acknowledge that these planning activities include initiating coordination with state and Bureau of Land Management officials concerning the acquisition of appropriate rights of way or leases for the project," Colonel Bartol said. "Our commitment is to continue with an open and forthright environmental analysis process which, includes inputs from federal, state and local officials and the citizens of the affected area," he said. .d. -- ' t - ...... f.- mm. U.S. Air force Photo by SrA. Jay Joersz Pumpin liquid nitro Amos Domero, cryogenics specialist with the 388th Component Repair Squadron, regulates the flow of liquid nitrogen into a mobile cart for use on the flightline. B See ECTC, Page 2, please. E Pato with history Combat Strength Through Logistics HTT looks at Hill's past Now chopper 6514th gets replacement 4 Hill's best Workers receive accolades 14 . |