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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1977)
Board pushed into earlier settlement CCC faculty storms board meetin Clackamas Community College faculty members stormed the Oct. 12 board of educa tion meeting with hopes of pushing the board and their negotiating team into immediate bargaining over recent salary disputes. Their strategy worked. Wearing buttons inscribed with "Not This Time," approximately 50 faculty members squeezed into the Barlow Board Room, causing chairperson Anne Nickel to call for an immediate executive session to consider the faculty's demands. The board reconvened their meeting later with several board members also having donned "Not This Time" buttons. They continued their regular meeting while the faculty met for three hours at another location in Barlow to carry on negotiations with Mike Montgomery, board attorney, and the board negotiating team. The board and the faculty reached a final settlement last Tuesday. (See story on page 1). In other business, handicapped persons in Clackamas County stand to lose proposed counseling and resource assistance unless CCC stands behind the Handicapped Resource Center Project and is willing to commit up to $32,000 in 1978, said Pat Lantz, chair person of the CCC Division of Health, P.E. and Human Services. "We are prepared to handle the problem for no more than the rest of this year," Lantz said. "We can get by with a niche, but will need future building -- not a temporary structure -- with more space, access, to the core area of the college and restrooms accessible to handicapped persons." Lantz noted that federal grant funds are not available to institutions which do not meet with these specifications. A proposed annual budget was presented by Lantz and Don Fisher. CCC facilities development officer,! for $32,000 support from CCC, which! cover costs of an 800-square-foot stn southwest of McLoughlin. Dr. John Hakanson, CCC preside! quested time to explore possible resotra funds besides the college contingency! The board indicated full support fol proposed Handicapped Resource Of which will become an action item] In other action, the board heard a poj outside agency report from Sherry M and Gail Spitze, representing the Conffl clinic which meets on CCC campus,I clinic is a 12-week, county-wide progra individuals experiencing a transition divorce, separation, etc. Hakanson presented for discussiona| posed budget guideline and calendar Gary Dirrim, director of fiscal affairs, posed purchasing Xerox equipment« leasing it. Classified employees reject proposal factfinders report termed 'unacceptable' I Classified employes heartily rejected a factfinder's report proposing a total salary and benefit increase of 8.2 per cent as being unacceptable and non-competitive with other community colleges at a membership meeting Oct. 19 at Clackamas Community College. Peter Schmidt, State Conciliator Board factfinder, included .11 per cent life insurance costs and .82 per cent long term disability costs, which brings the total package proposal to 9.13 per cent. This means a 3.69 per cent cost of living increase for CCC classified employes, as compared to a metropolitan average of 8.2 per cent increase. Kristy Kofsky, president of Local 2832 of the American Federation of State and County Employes (AFSCME),called the offer totally unacceptable. "We didn't expect him (Schmidt) to figure in increment. It's usually automatic. And we expected something comparable to the local cost of living increase average," Kofsky said. AFSCME leaders drew up another proposal at an Oct. 18 meeting to present at future negotiations, which will take place sometime after AFSCME notifies the State Conciliator Board of their rejection of the factfinder's proposal, within five days of receiving the factfinding report, Kofsky said that the employes are not anticipating a strike situa- tion and do not want to strike. H "But, a lot of employes are very aniM We're really tired of these hassles," said. "Our high turnover in personnel^ show there's something wrong with ouri scale here. The college fails to recognize pay scale is the reason for the high turnon Accordingto Kofsky,of theapproxinl 136 classified employes at CCC, 38 per are new hirees since January of 1977J These employes, hired up to July of' year, will receive no increment step] thereby entitling them to a $25 gross« increase for the coming year, or the 3,6!| cent cost of living increase. ASG considers future entertainment "We need to consider that apathy toward ASG is due to specific things," said Barbara St. Mary, ASG publicity director. "It needs a facelift and to change the quality of enter tainment and culture and to get a hold of the student body and make them recognize stu dent government." The idea was presented to have Double T Productions, a promotion agency in Port land, book events at CCC. They would ar range for all the acts, pay them, see to publicity and other arrangements for 90 per cent of the profit. CCC would receive 10 per cent for the use of their facilities. "The system with Double T is a good thing," said Maureen Kearney, ASG business manager. "It would get people more in volved with campus life." "We don't have much campus life here like they do at Mt. Hood and four-year schools," Kearney said. "I think we're too far away from serving the college-we put too much emphasis on the community." It was unanimously decided that ASG sponsor one more dance and if it is un successful then a definite decision will be made as to what to do with the remaining money specifically set aside for dances. In other business, ASG discussed changes in the 1978-79 budget to be approved at today's meeting and heard a report from St. Mary on the Oct. 12 CCC Board of Education meeting. concern over whether or not there shl be any more dances. The quality of future entertainment at Clackamas Community College was one of the main concerns of the Associated Student Government at last Thursday's meeting. After the Upepo dance which according to Hallie Brown, ASG activities director, was notan overwhelming success, there was some "If were spending money on someth! that is not benefiting the whole stud body, why should we spend it?" said Mi Newton, ASG senator. Another concern was how to get C recognized as an important campus by! students. Make them an offer they cannot refuse In the Classifieds All classified ads must be paid in advance at the rate of $1 for the first 15 words | and 10 cents a word thereafter. Deadline is the Friday preceding the next week's | issue at 3 P.M. Come to Trailer A or Trailer B to place your ad. Thursday, October 20,1« Page 2 inches D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density
