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1 The Leaf-Chronicle Friday, November 4, 1988 Section Council Members: Personnel 'Execs Should Get More Say 1 1 iiiwiliMlMU iii mil 4, f. inn iiiliiiipu.ii I i By DAVID R. ROSS Of The Leaf Chronicle Staff City Personnel Director BilUe Ruth Quarles and the Personnel Committee should have more input in establishing procedures on how city employees in all departments are to progress tip the pay scale, some council members "It shouldn't be up to the department heads, like (Street Superintendent) Jim Durrett to decide that 20 of his employees must be red lined (have their salaries frozen) and then tell them that himself," council member Charles Hinton said. "The pay proposals from all departments should have input from personnel so they are consistent and not assembled on a piecemeal basis," he said. Currently, city officials are examining existing em-' ployee pay inequities.

Shortly after taking office in 1987, Mayor Don Trotter beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. "This sounds like a lot of money, but in the long run It's going to save money," Durrett said. Remaining pay inequities in all departments will be addressed on July Department headsjiave been instructed to file paperwork to correct those inequities effective July I. Funds needed to make the corrections' will be budgeted forM989 -90. Mrs.

Quarles said she has worked with fire and police officials in developing an ordinance that addresses inequities in starting pay for experienced, and non-experienced, newly hired officers and police officers. But Mrs. Quarles said that she's had no input lri Dur-rett'splaa Trotter said that he'll ask all department heads to coordinate their planned procedures for movement on the pay scale, and employee pay inequities, through their department's committee. "That'll then go to Mrs. Quarles for input and to make sure there's consistency with the other departments," Trotter said.

"Then it'll go to the Personnel Committee and on to the full City Council." Trotter said the problems with the city's pay plan aren't caused by the plan itself. "It's the method that's used to move within the pay plan that's caused our problems," Trotter said. "The exceptions that have been made through the years is what's caused all these problems." Council member Bill Cloud said the pay process must be addressed, "It's gotten out of hand and needs to be corrected," Cloud said. City employees, dissatisfied with the handling of recent pay increases for several Gas, Water and Sewer Department employees, have been contacted by representatives of Service Employees Union-Local 205. Union officials have surveyed some city employees to see if they want to form a local chapter.

"If a union is formed will they have any say so in all this?" Council member R.E. "Bobby" Durrett Jr. asked. "We have not been petitioned to recognize a union and we haven't talked with any employees or anyone about a union," Mrs. Quarles said.

Staff Photo By Robert Smith Medal Of Honor Winner To Have Road Named For Him GarksvllHan Paul Huff, a Medal of Honor winner for his heroism in World War II shown here during last year's local Veterans Day Parade will be honored this Veterans Day when his hometown of Cleveland names a highway for him. asked all department heads to develop, and submit, procedures showing how employees in their departments get from one step to another on the pay scale. On Thursday, Trotter and city officials representing various departments met with the street superintendent and Street Committee. The purpose of the informational meeting was to discuss how Durrett has developed his department's procedures. is "I'm not looking at Joe or Bill but at jobs like heavy equipment driver and truck driver," Durrett said.

"What I have here may not be popular with some of my employees, but it's "I think it took guts for Jim (Durrett) to come up with what he has," Deputy Police Chief Johnny Rosson said. Rosson said the proposed method of employee movement developed by Durrett mirrors that established by the Police Department. "It looks like Jim went to the-same school as Mark (Smith) and Larry (Vaden)," Rosson said. Police officers Smith and Vaden were instrumental in developing, the Police Department's proposed procedures for employee movement on the pay scale. Durrett said he needs $30,000 to correct existing pay iniquities in his department and another $50,000 at the edal Of Honor Winner Huff To Be Honored With Road Name tend east to U.S.

11 and also west to Tenn. 60. By STEVE ZOLVINSKI Of The Leaf-Chronicle Staff mnrA t. The highway follows the course of Cleveland, will honor a na- H6 whi LonBlev tive son, Medal of Honor winner Paul Huff hv rfooionatino a nou; aescriDea as a uuie roaa Pulley Honored -By Sheriff 2-mile highway as the Paul Huff I Year speechmaking and Datriotic music. The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) will provide a color guard and its demonstration parachute team will make a jump.

To get to the dedication, visitors should take Interstate 24 to Chattanooga and then north on 1-75 to Cleveland. Visitors should get off the interstate at exit 27 and take a right on the parkway. Follow the parkway to the barricades that designate the dedication site. The attendants will direct visitors to the ceremony area. Huff earned the Medal of Honor for actions with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

On Feb. 28, 1944, he single-handedly destroyed a chine gun position, drawing fire, while determining the size and loca By SANDEE SUITT that went to the head of a valley. With the development of the five-lane parkway, the local veterans organizations went to work to get it renamed for Huff. The veterans organizations include the Veterans of ForeignWars Post No. 2598 and the American Legion Post No.

81, both in Cleveland. "We're proud of him," Longley said. The renaming of the highway isn't -the first time the community publicly expressed its pride in their native son. When Huff returned from World War II, a crowd of 10,000 people welcomed him with a parade in his honor, according to Longley. Parkway in a dedication ceremony planned for Nov.

11, which is Veterans Day. Huff, who lives in Clarksville, was the first paratrooper to win the Medal of Honor for his daring combat skills near Carano, Italy, in World War II. The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military decoration. Huff went on to make the Army a career and retired from Fort Campbell, achieving the rank of command sergeant major. "We are strongly of the belief if we remember our heritage, it will make better American's of us all," said Ben Longley, a former state senator who is the spokesman for the effort to name the highway.

The highway joins to a newly constructed interchange at Interstate 75. The Paul Huff Parkway will ex- mundane law enforcement chores, aJlovvijiRjhc regular deputies to stay on patrol, Prentice said. All reserve work is not boring, however. Pulley was one of about 15 law enforcement personnel who helped capture a man who had al- kgou'l gone on a "Shooting spree on "l.vipwoort Road last June. "Wm'i ju.it a supplement to the patrol unit in Montgomery County," Pullej said.

do everything we can to. servv the community," Pulley added. Pulley- has been a reserve deputy for 5yeais. Me always had an interest in law enforcement, but chose not to maje')t. a career, he ojMvrtunity to jom tion of the enemy.

Reserve deputies usually accompany patrol officers on their Friday and Saturday night rounds, although they occasionally are called on weekdays as needed. Although renu-. Jar deputies usually patrol alone on the reserve deputies give-them enough manpower. to. double up on the busiest nights" Prentice ex- plained.

Picking just one reserve lepnt I honor for outstanding work was" dil ficull, Prentice said. "If I had 22 plaques, I'd give one to each one," he said. Reserve deputies have full-time jobs outside of law enforcement and cannot alljift the 40 hours pf m-scrv- ice training once a year that regular officers attend during the day, l'ren Of The Leaf-Chionicle Staff The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department honored its reserves this week and named Gillwrt Tullcy, 37, as the Reserve Deputy of the Year. 1 The efforts of volunteer Tulley' earned him the recognition of reserve t)f the year for 1988, Sheriff's Department Sgt. Brian Prentice an-, nounced at the fourth annual Reserve Banquet Tuesday.

Pulley works the eight-hour shif and attends the three-hour training session once a month required of eachof the county's 22 reserve deputies. Sometimes he donates as much as 30 hours of his time to the Sheriff's Department. He also renovated an old patrol car donated to the reserve unit by Huff then retreated across a mine The new highway opened in Octo- field, leading his patrol to safety. He ber, and the signs designating it the returned with additional forces to Paul. Huff Parkway are in place, iead an assault and rout an enemy Longley said.

company of 125 soldiers, killing 27 The dedication will be at 1 p.m. and capturing 21. Huff's patrol lost Nov, 11 and will include" prayer, three members. tice said. The reserve deputies meet uhdcuis? Won'? Rule Out Sheriff Billy Smith.

Pulley, a pattf; St night and on weekends and re owner of Vista Lane Body He-1 reive the same training thou paid pair, painted and repaired car at counterparts, he said no expense to the counly. they have thi'authorit "He keeps the car in great shape," to make arrests, JLhoy dotiute Prentice said. 'It looks like it's brand their time on weekda vso more fur Campaigns Later Coming Sunday the iTM'ive unit, he n'alizwl he could make a oa.t ibufion to his com- Vkliiie doing volunteer work Ih.at is evening and fulfilling, he ex- 'Also recognised at Tuesday's ban-f 'quet for families of resei ve deputies' was Hesei ve Doputy Mick Sharp far; longest set vice to the unit. Smith named the spouses of re- sei.ve jnembet honorary deputies. 1.1 Torn-Kujawa, formerly the lieutenant over the patrol unit, re- reived a plaque of appreciation from he reserve deputies.

Priulue, the liaison between the Sher(ilfs Depart menl and the re-, served, atso was honoied. "Ins'li ilVUtoi ney General Pat McCulcheiiVas Hi'1 speaker at the bifiotie! held at Ihij'Cifish House on Blood worth Would Not Cut Full-Time Civil Service Jobs By HAROLD LYNCH the Leaf-Chronicle Staff Although he has been mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for other offices; U.S. Rep. Don Sundquist says he is happy representing the 7th District in Congress. Confident he will win re-election Tuesday, he said he is not ruling out the possibility of seeking another office in the future.

earliest I would consider A spike here, a tail there children's haircuts run the gamut of outra geous styles. What are the hair do's and don'ts for kids? Find out in Kmiduy's Cumberland Life section. Less attractive by far, another Cumberland Life feature takes a.look at schoolyard bullies. Is it nature or nurture that makes them so Also coining Sunday: A political look at local races and issues in the'upc'otVflng election Full coverage of the Austin Peay State i'; skin clash. A feature in Parad iji'jaaine on Burt Lancaster" ctY danger people's jobs," he said.

Bloodworth said the idea of having soldiers perform some work now done by contractors was suggested by a Fort Campbell soldier. "This E-5 brought it up and I said it's andea that needs looking Bloodworth said, rr if Bloodworth said the soldier was angry after, he had lost his Amy job as a mechanic when thatfwoVk was contracted to a civilian' busi "I'm not saying I agree with it, but it kind of makes Sense to let the military do their, job," he added. "I'ni looking for ways to save money, but I really don't know enough about it to know whether it's a good idea or not." Bloodworth is a former Austin Peay State University student, who Said he recently has been self-em-plbyed in the underwater salvage Kenneth Bloodworth, candidate for Congress from Tennessee's 7th Thursday clarified an earlier statement concerning the possibility of cutting civilian business contracts with the Army and allowing military personnel to do some of those jobs." Bloodworth, Democratic candi-" date opposing U.S. Rep. Don Sundquist, R-Tenn.

said he did not mean-that the government should cut all civilian contracted jobs on military posts. was referring toMatements he had made recently to Leaf-Chronicle reporter. His statements appeared in a Thursday news "I certainly wasn't referring to civil service jobs," he said, adding that some people had misinterpreted his remarks to mean filll-time civil service employees at Fort Campbell might also be cut. "I wouldn't do anything to en-. running for anything else is 1(H''('.

'ti -Ul utet'aitt during faMi to Uaikivvillethis SundquiiH been traveling across the state campaigning for Republican presidential nominee George Bush and attending other J' G.O.P. functions, i As chairman of Bush's campaign among Republicans in the Houses of Representatives, Sundquist also has traveled to other states campaigning for Bush. Because qt his relltiOinship with 7:" Bush, he said le iflrobably 'fpuld have a job, perhaps a cabinet pst, in the Bush administration1 shbuld the 9 h-, G.O.P. win the presidential contest. "But I'm not interested in an ad- ministration ob and I've told them that," he said.

mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, but he brushed aside that idea. i. "I wouldn't run for governor in 1990 whether (Gov. Ned) McWherter runs for re-election or not," Sundquist said. "I'm happy where I am.

This is the only office I've ever really wanted to run for." Sundquist has heard talk that he should have considered running for the U.S. Senate this year against incumbent Jim Sasser. "That wasn't in my plans," he sidd. The three-term congressman seeking re-election in Tuesday's election, said he would not run against U.S. Sen.

Albert Gore Jr. with whom he said he works weD in Congress. Gore, who entered the Demo- Democratic-controlled Legislature can do much with the district without drastically changing the 8th and 9th Districts. He said he does not think U.S. Rep.

Harold Ford, wants all of Shelby County in his 9th District which basically includes only the city of Memphis. Eastern Shelby County is now in the 7th District. Similarly, he said he does not think that whoever replaces retiring Rep. Ed Jones, D-Yorkville, in the 8th District would, want substantial changes in that district either. The 8th now includes Stewart County.

Should the Legislature zone him out of the 7th District, he said he would "just run In one of the other districts" because his home is in Memphis and would have to be included in one of the other districts. Senate if Gore decided not to run, but he says he will run again," Sund- quistsaid. He said 1994 could be the time for him to change his political course because the Tennessee General Assembly will redraw the state's congressional districts in 1992. The Legislature is required to redistrict the state's population each' 10 years following each new census which will be in 1990. Democrats in the Legislature make no secret of the fact they would like to reclaim the 7th District for their party.

"I'd like for them to leave my district just as it Is," Sundquist said. "They didn't think I could carry the district (in 1982), but I did and I've established a good working relationship with the people and the local leaders throughout the district," he said. Sundquist said he doesn't think the TtaTfhoto by Robert Smith Artist Of The Month Bernlce Place was named as the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce's artist of the month for cratic presidential primaries this November. Currently attending Austin Peay State University Tor her teacher's certification, Ms. Place year, has said he will seek re-elec- iaught art at the Tennessee Preparatory School in Nashville for six years.

She specializes in dyes on silk tlon to the Senate in 1990. handpainted like watercolor. Her paintings will be displayed at the chamber. would look at running for the.