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HAMMITT Bob <br /> From: JONES Eric R <br /> To: STANSFIELD Adrian E; MORGAN Dick A; HAMMITT Bob; ANDERSEN Chris F; BROWN <br /> Leslie M <br /> Date: Thursday, April 03, 1997 8:30AM <br /> Here's the answer I gave to Jim Boyd at the R -G in response to his question, "How much overtime, if any, <br /> is paid to staff the spring garden tours at Hendricks Park ": <br /> We're anticipating approximately 16 hours of weekend work associated with the 8 spring tours this year. <br /> Typically in the past, employees have chosen to take time off to compensate for the weekend time they <br /> spend as tour guides. So, typically there haven't been any direct overtime costs. However, all of our <br /> programs allow for some limited overtime, depending on the circumstances and need. Because of the <br /> limited number of staff hours involved in the garden tours, even if overtime were used for a portion of the <br /> hours the cost would be relatively small. <br /> Jim then confided to me that he was asking the question on behalf of Don Bishoff, who apparently was <br /> ranting and raving that the City is offering garden tours (a service he felt could be easily privatized) at the <br /> same time that the butte access road is proposed to be closed. We then briefly discussed the very minimal <br /> savings (I characterized it as less than $500) that might be realized if the garden tours weren't provided by <br /> the City, and Jim felt that this was a dead issue as far as he was concerned. <br /> EricJ <br /> Page 1 <br />