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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 SUPER RETIREMENT – Mayor John Shevlin presents Ricky Anderson with a special certificate on Friday afternoon from the city on his retirement after 38 years of service with the City of Conrad. During that time, he worked for five mayors; R. G. Arnot, Don McClain, Tom Hammerbacker, Byron Grubb, and John Shevlin. He plans to take it easy, visit a brother in Eugene, Ore., go to Mexico in August where a daughter plans to be wed and play some golf. You may have heard a F-15 jet fly low over Conrad about 2:20 p.m. A secretary at Big Sky Equipment had a relative who is a jet jockey retiring and was on his last flight. She arranged to have him do a “fly over” for Anderson’s retirement. That was pretty special, not everyone can say that they had a “fly over” for their retirement. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Before the vote took place, Vanessa Bucklin and Renee Bouma from Stockman Bank explained the program and answered questions from the council.
Bucklin explained that for the city, a few of the advantages are that there is no set-up fee or soft ware to purchase. The program protects against fraud and there is no more check signing, to name a few.
For the employee, funds are more readily available, there are no trips to the bank to make a deposit and this is more secure than paper checks since they can’t be lost or stolen.
In discussion after the presentation, Public Works Director, Richard Anderson noted, there wouldn’t be a problem with his crew. City Finance officer Agnes Fowler commented, “This could be a very viable product for employees.”
Mayor John Shevlin felt the direct deposit program should not be mandatory, to which Fowler agreed. “People don’t like to be told, you’ll have less resistance if this is voluntary.”
Two letters of resignation were read, one from Ricky Anderson who has been with the city for 38 years and served five mayors. The other was from Patrolman II Scott Buennemeyer who has been with the police force for a little more than one year. He has accepted a position with the Police Department in Great Falls.
In a somewhat related matter, Chief Gary Dent recommended a promotion from Patrolman II to Master Patrolman for Jason Korst. Council members approved the request.
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