Minutes-01/13/1988

January 13, 1988 Runge: I didn't mean the council had to use the form. Spivey: I've only been on council two months and I don't feel qualified to evaluate anyone. I've been to the water house and looked over the books but I don't understand them. Potter: I don't understand them, either. Spivey: How can I evaluate anyone else unless I know what's going on? I've been in the plant and talked to Bob, but that is as far as it goes. Stoner: I go along with Ted. I tried to fill out form, but in order to judge fairly, a person has to know what he does. I understand a few places, and catch hearsay on some things. I couldn't sit in judgement, good or bad. Mike or Glenn would be more qualified to do that. Potter: He's probably doing a good job. Stoner: I operate on the assumption that no news is good news and I wouldn't be the one to hear any bad news anyway. It seems he's doing all of his duties. I don't feel qualified to evaluate. Morgan: I did do it as well as I could. I'm not a good judge of everything. On a basis of 5 to 1 with 5 being highest and 3 being satisfactory I gave a 2 on operating water and sewer plants, only because he's not fully qualified, yet. Everything else is satisfactory, right down the line except for use of equipment I gave a 2 because of mowing incident by the railroad. Stratton: I did pretty much the same as Sandy except I don't think he always does things the most efficient way. He could use the equipment more efficiently. He's capable. If he doesn't know what to do, someone should teach him how. He should use time more efficiently sometimes. Potter: Like riding the big power mower? Stratton: Larry was hired to mow and Herring could have done it. Spivey: Did anyone actually ask Bob to do it? Maybe there was a lack of communication? Stratton: We told him three times to use the big mower wherever possible. He told me it would take longer to dig out the big mower than it would to mow with the other one. He should put it in a more accessible place. Spivey: Where did Larry mow? Potter: Larry mowed the ditches going out of town and the sewer plant. Morgan: Did we authorize that? Spivey: Do we only have one mower? Potter: We have a riding and a rotary mower which goes behind the tractor and a cycle mower. Spivey: Wasn't the cycle mower broken down? Hart: Bob had an attitude problem last summer when he was told where to mow. He said he would spend all his time mowing. Potter: He should get off the 50 inch mower and onto the six foot mower. The place looked like a golf course but it doesn't have to look that good. Hart: He didn't know what he should do next and didn't know why he should mow the railroad. Spivey: Why is the town mowing east of Brown Street? Potter: The property owners on the other side of the Brown mow that area. Spivey: I mean at the south end of the street. Hart: It was more an attitude on mowing grass. He didn't know what else to do. The cycle mower was broken down. Spivey: If he was told something to do, he should have done it so the town didn't have to hire someone else to do the job. Stratton: Brown told me Bob should be using the big mower across from Glenn's and by the railroad tracks because it would take less time. Spivey: I don't disagree with that.