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By Jim Broede said, even more ()Ulcers getting to be tremen-
Staff Writer should be added to the dous," Miller told the
Maplewood's City police staff. council. "It has reached
Council has sided with THE P 0 L I C E, he the saturation point. We
City Manager Michael - pointed out, had request- aren't giving you quality
Miller's recommenda- ed eight additional per- because we can't,do all
tion and agreed to cre- sonnet. including an in- the work."
ate six new jobs. vestigator, four patrol- T.H E ADDITIONAL
But Councilman John men and two clerk-typ- engineering personnel,
Greavu pts: up a fight. ists. the manag,r said. prob-
maintaining that the city THE OTHER new posi- ably will pay, for them-
could make do without tions authorized by 4-1 selves by taking on work
five of the positions. votes of the council in- that has been channeled
G R E A V U ONLY elude a personnel officer, to consultants in past
backed the addition of a a parttime special ser- years.
fulltime community ser- vices coordinator, an as- Greavu termed Mill-
vices officer in the po- sistant city engineer and er's proposal for more
lice department. two engineering techni- personnel "the biggest
The officer, according cials. joke of the year."
to Miller, will among Miller came out with a "Everybody e 1 s e is
other things -take the strong recommendation tightening their belts,"
place of an "intern." for the personnel officer, he stated. "We've got
who worked parttime for who he said could be giv- only so many dollars to
the police this past year. en a variety of adminis- spend. And we're going
Ideally, the manager trative assignments. out to hire more people.
"I have been here five It doesn't make sense."
years," the manager re- He said nobody should
called, "and in that time be hired d;iring the up-
we have added only one coming yea's• "unless it's
administrator." an absolute emergen-
That was a fulltime as- cy.,,
sistant director for the
recreation department. Fr i
he said.
"We're getting to the
point where the work-
load on our top people is