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Show ACTION LINEE2T. 77000 Appraisefairboforo leaving for Olt isn't ACTION LINE is your opportunity to make Hill AFB a better place to live, work and play. When you call Ext. . The Civilian Appraisal System does anticipate that very often personnel changes will occur prior to the appraisal closeout dates, June 30 for GS and Jan. 31 for WG. When this happens, the supervisor of record on the closeout date does complete and sign the appraisal form, but shehe should obtain an informational rating from the prior supervisor any time shehe has not supervised an employee long enough to observe performance in all elements of the performance plan. Since your new supervisor had observed your performance for only a month on June 30, your departing supervisor's evaluation became very important. Often losing or departing supervisors fail to accomplish infor-; mational ratings; this may be what happened in your case. You should talk to your supervisor to ask whether information from the prior supervisor was considered in the rating determination. If you cannot achieve agreement with your supervisor, the reviewing official may be included in an attempt to resolve disagreement. Normally an employee may pursue the matter through the grievance procedure should appraisal issues remain unresolved. However, a grievance must be filed within appropriate time frames (21 calendar days of the management action under the Master Labor Agreement) and that time period passed before you called with your question. I hope this answers your question. V Hilltop Times 11 0 The hallways at both ends of the DMMISMRP II office were designated as smoking areas. However, as a result of your inquiry a meeting was held with the union, and the hallway at the north end of the office has area. Signs have been been redesignated a non-smokin- iiiiasiiiii, mm calling ACTION LINE. This will help me better serve your interests Speeding on 2nd Street a problom be- . 0 through the ACTION ' Moj. Gen. James W. Hopp Ogden ALC While driving the speed limit on 2nd Street tween the East and West areas, I'm almost run down by people who exceed the speed limit on that road. Would it be possible to patrol that area and ticket the violators because it is dangerous for us who believe in LINE. : A commander obeying speed limits? Second Street is a problem area with speeders and we have stepped up our radar monitoring on that stretch of road. Every driver On this base has the jt JrL Kudos authority and responsibility to report individuals who violate the speed limits. Should you observe an individual ' traveling in excess of the speed limit, note their license plate number and please call the security police at 6 and file a report. An investigation will be conducted into the incident and action will be taken if warranted. Kudos to the grounds keeper for Bldg. 1102, Dennis Cronin. It has never looked so nice and this gentleman should be complimented and given an outstanding performance rating. Thank you. Driver concerned about loading concerned because our 777-305- agree the area looks great. However, there is no one single person assigned to Bldg. 1102; it was an effort by all assigned to the West Area grounds maintenance crew. The foreman is Mark Pagano; the workers are Glen Taylor, Dennis Cronin and e Johnson. I want to thank each of them. a truck driver and I'm are constantly being loaded with hazardous materials that are not tied down properly. This is a very unsafe condition and I have not been able to get anybody to do anything about it. Can you help? 0I'm BDUs Jo-len- O I4 I certainly hope I can. The safety and security of materiel and personnel are major concerns to me. In reviewing your inquiry regarding proper tiedown of hazardous material, supervisors in the area have determined some problems did exist. Personnel have been instructed to ensure all materials are secured to pallets before releasing for transportation. This has been followed up by a policy letter mforming employees exactly how hazardous material will be secured for transportation. Finally, a driver who feels a load is unstable should the load, period. Then call the distribution and trans- told that portation supervisors and tell them why.-I'; action has been taken to correct tne situation you ' reported. re-fu- se : to new card Objectionto raised officers' which new the requires policy object members to apply for a MasterCard. The ap- plication requires we provide our bank account number, and I do not like the idea of giving anyone my account numbers because it makes it too easy for accounts to be compromised. Since we're not applying for a loan, shouldn't a simple credit check be enough? QI I understand your concern. The new credit card is an initiative implemented for all Air Force Logis tics Command bases to help streamline the accounting process in Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities. This program will save Hill AFB MWR $50,000 per year in accounts receivable costs and offer easier credit and more convenience to MWR patrons. You have the option of using the new Club Card only as a club membership card or as a regular MasterCard charge card. The application form published by the First National Bank of Commerce addresses both military and federal employees and requires information the bank will use to determine your credit threshold. Only fill in the information that is relative to you. If you are a contractor, write contractor in the block "organizationunit." If you do not have a grade or rank, write NA for nonapplicable. You do not have to provide the full credit information requested; however, if you do not, you will only be given the minimum credit line. If you have additional questions, please contact Michele Ruff at Ext. 73611, or Bob Morris at Ext. 73047. for more information. A with poor hygiene problem who do not be done about What ifik can employees practice good personal hygiene? We have brought this problem to management's attention, but nothing has been done to correct it, and it is a very offensive situation for those of us who work in the area, . list each eating establishment and define whether it or not, is impractical. Common sense restaurant a is must be exercised by all personnel. Air Force Regulation 35-1- 0 states that battle dress uniform or fatigues are authorized for convenience stops and fast food stops. That is the extent of the regulation's guidance on this issue. However, we did state in the Hilltop Times previously that a restaurant is defined as an eating establishment which has waitresses or waiters. Sizzler has waitresses who bring you your food; therefore, it is a restaurant. The person you noticed should not have been dining there in his fatigues. Check with your, first sergeant if further clarification is needed. Hope this helps. People can avoid the problem by eatclubs or base restaurants. ing at one of the e I can certainly understand how offensive poor Vl hygiene would be to the work force. Some people offensive to others have habits or behaviors whieh-arwithout being aware of it. Employees should be told : when their habits are offensive so they can take steps, to correct the problem. The proper way to deal with problems of this nature is through your supervisory chain. Your inquiry says that you have already attempted to resolve the problem in this manner but have been unsuccessful. However, since you did not provide any information about where you work or your name, I am unable to take any further action to help you. If you would provide this additional information to the inspector general through the Action Line, I will make senior management of the organization involved aware that a problem exists and ask them to work with the employee to correct it. Thanks for calling. 0 on-bas- schedule abandoned? WhyA was able forward to were of the heat at Oasis 40-degr- ee : . : I apologize for the discomfort you have ex- perienced. The heating and cooling system at the Oasis, Bldg. 40020, is the older "eitheror" type which has to be totally switched from summer cooler to winter heater with some maintenance downtime in between. The need for a new. system has been identified and is awaiting : funding. During this time of the year with cool mornings and evenings, it just isn't possible to keep the temperature ideal 24 hours a day. While it is sometimes uncomfortable, individual needs have been addressed as much as is safely possible with individual roomarea air conditioners and space heaters. The heat was turned on Oct. 5. Individual problems should be brought to the attention of Oasis civil engineering, Ext. 71545 or Ext. 71546. jT - us who have to work long hours during holidays. They tell us it will be three weeks before it will be fixed and this makes us feel very unappreciated. Can something be done to help us get a quicker fix? First let me assure you that the personnel in the fire department are very much appreciated. I empathize with the difficultiesv of :working "long hours, - espe-da- ily ; , during the holidays, The cable company was notified by the fire chief after the cable was cut, and the company advised that a maintenance person would repair the cable within 24 hours. Then, unfortunately, the cable company reviewed 30the days service contract and found that they have up to to repair the problem. As a quicker fix, civil engineering took the initiative to get another contractor to replace the cable and service should be back to normal by the time you read this response. Helping injured animals a car outside the struck by kitten OA security still had not responded. The lack hour, was and police were called. After an of concern or they is animals upsetting. What is compassion toward these this? the policy concerning you for your concern. The care of injured y Thank animals on the installation is under an animal iJt4l'' "' con-;- ; trol'contract with Davis County. If the animal is dead, the Engineering Entomology Unit is responsible for its removal. Davis County is contracted to respond within a reasonable times 30 minutes for emergency situations. The person who observes the injured animal can call Daor the Davis vis County Animal Control at 1 after working hours. The County Sheriff at numbers to assist these have security police dispatchers in making the calls when needed. 544-835- 5 776-316- lot being looking people schedule. Why did they to work an alternate 9 turn it down when it works so well in other areas? How do they justify pushing quality when they turn down a suggestion that would improve people's morale, help them with their sick and annual leave and cut down on abuse of leave and other things? I do not wish to leave 'my name because there would be severe punishment for using Action Line. Q Here at the Oasis we experience temperatures that mark and even into dip well below the 15 the heat is normalwhen before Oct. the mid-30- s long cold for us. Why won't on. is turned It uncomfortably ly 15 when it gets that Oct. on to turn the heat prior they cold?;-- While eating lunch at To define and describe each possible scenario, or to jfX Jr I Turn on for restaurant inappropriate there was an Sizzler recently Air Forcemember there who was in fatigues. Often Air Force personnel do not take the time to change out . of fatigues before going off base to eat at local restaurants. It appears the general rule of thumb, "If they have waitresses you can't wear fatigues" and "Use common sense" just isn't clear enough for some people. Would it be possible to provide specific guidance as to which establishments are considered "fast food" and which are not, and exactly what the policy is regarding this? JTk our cable TV Bring back cable TV service was cut off from the Recently the to those of Q- fire station. This service is important weekends and the g posted and the area will be monitored to ensure compliance with the new designation. Supervision in the DMMISMRP II office has also been reminded to ensure that all personnel are aware that the office is a nonsmoking area. Hope this helps. ? answering questions and solving problems before .: have to conduct business in the DMMISMRP II office and they are always smoking in there. You nl staffed through the responsible agency for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportunity to work with you in ; 1 also have to walk through the designated smoking area on the way to the office. Why are we being forced to breathe sidestream smoke? . 77000, your comments will be recorded and f 4 . Sidcsf ream smoke unwanted supervisors to appraise employees an entire vear when thev have actuallv suner- vised them for only a month. Why aren't supervisors who leave their jobs required to report on their employees be-fore they go to the new job? - Nov. 22, 1989 r JrNL 5-4- I understand your feelings concerning the beneficial aspects of the 9 compressed work schedule. However, the final approving authority for any alternate work proposal determined that such a major policy change should not be implemented at this time because of turmoil and uncertainties associated with the iiscal 1990 budget and the Defense Management Review streamlining initiatives. After these issues have been resolved, we will consider requesting reevaluation and resubmittal of the CWS package. I'm really bothered by your comment about "severe punishment for using Action Line." If you or anyone else has any recent evidence of that, please call the IG. I will investigate it and take action against the managersu-perviso- r involved. Supervisors have no reason to be threatened by Action Line calls; I've. told them that at commander's call and in this column. Save the trees The dirt that was piled around the trunks of the trees on Georgia Street is causing them to die. Since it takes so long to grow a tree that big, don t you think you better remove the dirt and save the trees? ,dT "I share your interest in our trees I preserve every tree I can. I delayed answering your question until the civil engineers could get an outside opinion on the cause of the problem. The conclusion is that the soil is lacking in iron and portions of the root system were cut during a construction project. The soil around the trunk does not restrict the airgas exchange to the roots. Civil engineering has provided the prescribed iron supplements to revive the trees. We'll watch them closely. Again, thanks for your call. ; r 1 |