Personnel Committee Meeting II

November 2 - Monday -Members of Wellsville Council's Personnel Committee met again today. In attendance was Personnel Committee Chairman Randy Allmon, Committee members Tony Cataldo & Rosie Goss, Councilmen Don Brown & John McMahon, Village Administrator Jim Saracco and Fiscal Officer Dale Davis.

Chairman Allmon announced the meeting will be about pending negotiations on the union contract and they will be discussing wages. The entire meeting was held in Executive Session behind closed doors and lasted nearly 40 minutes. Following the meeting the only comment offered by Allmon was that they will once again be going into Executive Session at the regular council meeting scheduled for Wednesday night when the full Council will be present. Councilman Joe Soldano was the only councilman that wasn't at this afternoon's meeting.

Last Friday the Personnel Committee meeting was adjourned so members could study and compare the present union contract to what has been negotiated so far by consultant Joe Lencewicz for a new contract. The present contract expires at the end of the year. Members of the committee told the Village Administrator to put a hold on any further services by the consultant at that Friday meeting.

The firm of J. F. Lencewicz & Associates revised and updated the police manual. Since then Lencewicz has be handling a union grievance and negotiating the new contract. No one seems to know who authorized this and discussion was tabled on that aspect until the Mayor returns from vacation next week. Lencewicz bills the village $140/hour plus travel expenses. In years past all grievances and contract negotiations have been handled in-house.

Council normally meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month. With tomorrow being election day the next meeting has been moved to Wednesday, November 4 at 6 o'clock.

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