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MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Hubbard and passed E. unanimously by all members present to approve the abbreviated guide for the Emergency Handbook dated April 1988 with the following changes: 1) an update of the abbreviated guide will be submitted by the City Clerk in November of each year for Council approval; 2) the location of the key to the generator cabinet will be included on page 22; 3) clearer copies of the pictures on page 22 will be included in the guides; 4) copies of the abbreviated guide and its distribution list will be stored with the emergency supplies at Town Hall; 5) on page 5 an addition will be made to the Logistics Section stating that the City Manager or his designee will be responsible for contacting the neighborhood coordinators and ham radio operators in case of emergency. The City Manager will also provide the neighborhood coordinators with a list of their responsibilities; and 6) on page 4 the command section shall be clarified to state that the Director of Emergency Services is the City Manager and the Assistant Director of Emergency Services is the Mayor. Council further approved the following distribution for the abbreviated guide for the Emergency Handbook: City Council, Standby Councilmembers, Town Hall Staff, Captain Robert Wilson, Fire Chief Douglas Sporleder, Captain Bob Haag and Chairman of the Safety Committee. Council thanked the Safety Committee for the excellentjob they did on preparing this abbreviated guide for the Emergency Handbook. 5.2 Goals and Objectives -Third Quarter Report Dauber asked if the Environmental Design and Protection Committee was aware of Objective LD "To work with the Environmental Design and Protection Committee to develop a storm drainage policy that established guidelines for the construction and design of drainage improvements within natural drainage swales and along roadways." The City Manager reported that staff would be preparing a recommendation on this for the committee to review. In response to an inquiry about the Parcel Data Base, the Planning Director reported that staff was now updating the data base. Concerning the development of a construction materials recycling strategy, the City Manager noted that he would be working with Bill Jones, General Manager of the Los Altos Garbage Company on this issue. Dauber asked that the list of Town areas where weed control spraying was conducted be sent to the Environmental Design and Protection Committee. Dauber also referred to objective 4.1) and recommended that pathway maintenance standards and the assessment and monitoring of pathway conditions be documented. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by Dauber and passed unanimously by all present to accept the third quarter report on goals and objectives. 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Approval of revised Personnel Rules and Regulations, and Compensation and Benefits Plan— Resolutions # The City Manager referred to the report before Council which included a new personnel policy manual, a compensation plan, position classifications and a revised benefit package. He noted that the personnel rules and regulations had been prepared in 1977 and adopted by the Council in 1984. Since that time they had not officially been reviewed, updated and adopted. To arrive at a fair compensation plan, the job descriptions had been updated and the Employee Relations Service had been contracted with to do a salary survey. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To continue the revised benefits package to a later meeting and to provide a more detailed discussion of the benefits, particularly how they are administered. April 15, 1998 Regular City Council Meeting