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Mayor Fendley called for a break at 8:00 p at 8:12 p.m. Regular Meeting City Council June 14, 2004 Page 23 m. and reconvened the open session Mayor Fendley called for discussion of City policies, considering recommendations of the Benefits Sub-Committee and providing direction to staff regarding accrued vacation time, accrued sick leave time, retiree benefits and car allowances. Interim City Manager Townsend said that the answer to a lot of questions about the benefits which were brought up in the last meeting were included in the handout he distributed to the Council Members. Councilman Guest, chairman of the Benefits Sub-Committee, reminded the Council that one of the things that was asked for in that meeting was to come back with personal time off recommendations in lieu of the different times off already in place. Another request was for the number of people already retired and receiving health benefits from the city. He called the Council's attention to Mr. Townsend's report which showed the employee's who will be eligible for retirement in the next five (5), ten (10), fifteen, etc. years. He also reminded them of another question by Councilman Bell about the percentages of claims applicable to retirees based on the prior year and related that was in the handout under Retiree Insurance. He said the last request was about the city policy on car allowances. Councilman Guest called their attention to the survey included in Interim City Manager Townsend's report of paid time off in other cities. Mr. Townsend affirmed that, of those cities surveyed, only one had attempted to used PTO. Schools and other business organizations were also surveyed. Councilwoman Wilkerson asked how PTO was acquired. Councilman Guest said PTO includes leaves of absences , vacation time and sick leave. Councilman Bell said what PTO would do is lump all time off together in one account, so that it would be easier to manage. He felt, although it was being used much in cities, it was certainly being used in industry. Councilman Bell said the question was could they use this concept in the city, and looking at it, he felt it would not work,