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City of Paris Council Benefits Subcommittee <br />December 9, 2003 <br />Page 9 <br />very desirable jobs and because of that he felt that the city is getting a higher <br />quality employee in any of those jobs, because he could not match it. <br />Mr. Anderson advised that the city has not seen any statistics. No one in the <br />private industry will give the city any information. Mr. Anderson said that he <br />had j ust told Councilman McCarthy that he would like to see a copy of Kimberly- <br />Clark's personnel policy book, but they do not want to share it and he could <br />understand that. It is easy to say it is better than this, or it is not as good as this, <br />but we do not have the luxury of seeing any evidence or any way of doing any <br />kind of comparison. City Manager Malone said the city can't even get that <br />information from the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Anderson advised that he <br />asked for the information from the Chamber for their information and they would <br />not give it to him. Councilman Bell said he found that very interesting. Mr. <br />Anderson said the biggest part of that is funded by tax dollars and he still did not <br />get the requested information. Councilman Bell said that should come under the <br />Freedom of Information Act and the city should be able to get it. City Manager <br />Malone said it is, but they still can't get it. <br />Chairman Guest asked what the city needed. Mr. Anderson said he would like <br />to have an economic survey or something that has been done for Industry A, B, <br />C, D, this is what the pay scale is for certain types of jobs. Mayor Pro Tem <br />McCarthy said he knew for a fact that it is out there. Mr. Anderson asked for <br />directions where he could get it that he would be glad to look at that. <br />Councilman Bell said he assumed that the next time they have a visit by a <br />Corporate Authority from the Chamber of Commerce or PEDC that the City <br />Council ask for that information in a public forum. He asked Mr. Anderson to <br />tell the Council what they need to ask for. Mr. Anderson said he would contact <br />them if the Chamber has the information, but he has sent letters as far as asking <br />the Chamber for their information and they did not respond at all. He asked <br />personally at a meeting where he happened to be at the same location and he was <br />told that they are a private concern and they were not going to give it to the city. <br />Chairman Guest said that, basically, what Mr. Anderson needed is a wage and <br />