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Councilmember Cook stated she is the one that has some very important projects on held pending this person coming on board and she would, like to have the problem ironed out; however, she would ask that the Council act on this no later than September 21, 1993. Upon roll call vote motion carried. Councilmembers Bennett, Sandoval and. Mayor Gonzales voting "NO". . Item 10 Mr. Michael Lynd, San Bernardino Public Employees Association Representative, addressed the City Council with respect to proposed Resolution No. R-91.93, authorizing temporary part-time employees to be considered for appointment to regular part-time and full -tame positions following 1,000 hours of satisfactory service. Mr. Lynd stated that it appears as though, this proposal is a vehicle to circumvent the filling of positions through the competitive process and it is unfair to all those employees who have obtained their positions after going through the examination process. Under the proposal it would be passible to take anyone off the street, assign that person to a part-time position and after 1,000 hours g1ft the person with a permanent position. This discourages all qualified people from open competition because it has the appearance of bringing people in through the back. door. The Council would be condoning dual criteria for its employees and this could have an adverse of f ect on of f irmati.ve action. There are some serious concerns that this would not be fair and equal treatment and would encourage pre -selection. fir. Lund closed by saying the Association would, like an opportunity to meet and confer on this matter. Magor Gonzales stated that the intent of the resolution was to solve a problem that part time employees have Faced for a long time. There are some employees that have been part time for five or six years. They have been overlooked by the present system. These employees were at one time on an eligibilty hist. The list gets purged periodically and a new list is established. is it fair to these employees to have to retest continuously. These employees have paid their dues. The Council would like to afford, these employees with benefits and labor organizations should want to do the same. Councilmember Sandoval stated the part time employees do not have any respresentation and he did not understand why this matter should be held up. Mr. Lynd stated the association does not have a problem with temporary assignments; however, when it comes to filling a. permanent full time position, it should not be gifted, it should be opened up to give every qualified person an equal opportunity. Councilmember Sandoval stated in this resolution we are looking to P