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19. DISCUSS & APPROVE 2013/2014 COMMUNITY-BASED JUVENILE SERVICES AID GRANT APPLICATION—County Attorney Mark Young and Kelli Schadwinkel, Juvenile Services Director were present. They met with the committee regarding the grant application this is a $48,000 grant that will allow them to hire a juvenile facilitator and it also atlow them to ' use the funds for curriculum and there are some funds available for offce space, office equipment and office furnishings. They submitted the grant for leased office space. Ms. Lancaster expressed concern on leasing space but Ms. Schadwinkel stated the grant could be changed later to address this concern. She stated that the grant is due August 5�' and it was easier to use the lease option because they would not have enough time to receive bids and do the renovations. Mr. Young stated they needed a marker for the funds and this was the easiest way to do it. Arnold noted that since his time on the Crime Commission they will look at these issues and putting it in as a Iease would be a good option. Ziola made a motion and McFarland seconded to authorize the chair to sign the juvenile services grant application. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 20. A) EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS NEGOTIATION STRATEGY REGARDING LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA AND HALL COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS —Quandt made a motion and Purdy seconded to go into executive session regarding the CWA labor agreement. This executive session is to protect the public interest. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Legal counsel and the Road Superintendent will participate in the executive session. 9:45 a.m. executive session 10:15 a.m. Quandt made a motion and Ziola seconded to go out of executive session. Chairman Lancaster stated that no action was taken and no other subjects were discussed. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. B) DISCUSSION AND ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA AND HALL COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS - Attorney Jerry Janulewicz stated the new contract was negotiated and some of the items that were discussed were of a housekeeping nature like the requirements for medical excuses, the vacation leave policy and the Family Medical Leave and Military Leave information was removed from the contract and they are to refer to the County Employees Handbook. This is a 3 year contract. A salary survey was completed by Capital City concepts and after looking at the array they felt some adjustments were needed on the starting pay they eliminated step 1 so there will be nine steps to bring the pay in line. The pay will be increased by 2.75%the first year 2.5%for the second year and 3.2% the third year. The traffic sign supervisor position was out of line and the starting pay was reduced so the increases will be 2.57% the first year, 2.5% the second year and 2% the third year. Chairman Lancaster called for questions and thanked the negotiations team it went well and the committee was pleased with the results. Schuppan made a motion and Ziola seconded to approve the CWA contract for 3 years. 3