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(C ontinued from P age 4)
of the A ssociation felt th a t OSEA w as
u n d er no obligation to th a t group of
non-m em bers. The com m ittee could
see no reaso n to jeopardize the bene
fits w hich w ould accrue to a great
m ajo rity of active and associate m em
bers w ith the enactm ent I of th e in
creased p rio r service allow ance b y in
sisting on increasing m axim um m atch
ing for the benefit of those state em
ployees who do not belong to the A s
sociation. It w as not this^ reasoning
alone th a t guided the OSEA p rB g g ife.
in this m atter. The a d v is e ® f some
prom inent m em bers - of the legislator
was to tak e first things first. The cost
of both increased prio r service allow
ance and m atching w |s l m ore /than
m any realized even though no addi
tional ap propriation w as necessary to
increase th e allow ance for p rior ser
vice. Increasing th e m axim um to $3600
on w hich th e state w ould m atch w ould
have cost aro u n d $208,0000 for each
biennum .
Out of eight bills introduced < to
am end or rep eal the Civil Service la,w
only tw o h av e passed; Senate.. Bill 30,
providing for extension o f : '‘i S erans'
preference to persons in p resent m ili
ta ry conflict and S enate B ill 129, an
adm inistration bill providing <for the
certifications of five nam es instead of
th ree for any one vacancylband two
additional' nam es for each additional
vacancy. U nder this bill the governor
may, in an em ergency, s u s p e n d i n ' ex
am ination procedure and tem porary
appointm ents m ay b e m ade. Norm al
exam ination procedure w ill be re
established at the close of :sucfi em
ergency.
House Bill 195, and OSEA sponsored
bill providing for the paym ent of
seven cents per m ile for private cars
used for staH i business has passed and
signed by the governor.
A t this w ritin g th ere has bee®nL(la
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A ction on a n u m b e r « bills..of in
tere st tp ; all state em ployees is still
pending. These are bills w hich h av e
been introduced^ by^ individuals o r leg
islative committees?, Some are d esir
able and sdm egrare; not. A finab’re p o rt
w ill be m ade follow ing the clo£e of the
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Grades Within Classes
(C ontinued from P age 13)
class m eets th e follow ing stan d ard s:
V(a^ His .perform ance in th e low er
grade has been satisfactory, (b) He
has dem onstrated th a t he pjjUjyjfo
^ s u p e r io r d e g re e 'th e know ledges and
abilities specified for the class (c)
He has dem onstrated t ^ ^ ^ a p a c ^ to
accept and successfully d fs w a rge in -
creasing responsibility.” The P erso n
nel B oard has au th o rity t ^ p pgtW eS
view for com pliance w ith these sta n
dards.
On appointm ent, re in statem en t, or
reassignm ent to a position in a jgiadei
above th e low est grade in graded
classes, an em w y ee m ust serve I a
six-m onth tria l Rgriod. If d u rin g this
tr ia l period the e m p lB e jl perform s
(C ontinued on P age 29)
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