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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />May 15, 2003 <br />Page 27 <br /> <br />and one be at the wastewater treatment. Councilman Plata said that there will <br />be a total of 6 people at the water production plant Monday through Friday; <br />there will be one supervisor, two operators, and three maintenance workers. He <br />said that there will be a total of five people at the sewer treatment plant Monday <br />through Friday; one supervisor, one operator, and three maintenance workers. <br />He said that these employees will have to work 12 hours shifts and not over- <br />lap. Chairman Plata said he has some demonstrations of 12 hour shifts and <br />gave the committee a copy of his proposed schedule of shifts. <br /> <br />Chairman Plata said that he even went to Police Chief Louis who has just <br />changed to the 12 hour shifts. He said when you go to 12 hour shifts, you work <br />three days and get three days off. He said that the city can try this, and the <br />people might even like it. He said that the city can keep them straight shifts <br />and that the city wouldn't have to rotate them back from night to days and they <br />will have two weekends off a month. <br /> <br />Mr. Anderson asked Chairman Plata how many hours a week will that be. <br />Chairman Plata said that if you work them straight it would be 42 hours a week <br />and total 84 hours every two weeks. Chairman Plata said in the Police <br />Department they have one person come in for eight hours and they are able to <br />keep the hours at 80, and they say it is working out real well. Mr. Anderson <br />asked if they work 4 days at 12 hours? Chairman Plata said they were working <br />three days one week and four days the next week. Mr. Campbell asked if <br />Chairman Plata was telling him that you are comparing the work in the Police <br />Department with the work at the wastewater treatment plant. Chairman Plata <br />said he was not comparing the work, but he was tell him the coverage is more <br />economical to cover this with 12 hour shifts than it is 8 hour shifts. Mr. <br />Campbell said he was talking about the work involved and the people involved. <br /> <br />Becky Weems asked about the vacation and sick time. Chairman Plata said <br />those are covered by people who are off. He said that they have to come in and <br />work in the place of the person who is going to be off. <br /> <br />Anna Wims questioned the accidents that happen in your plant because she <br /> <br /> <br />