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The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Monday, June 28, 1982 Vol. 92, No. 151 USPS 650-640
Police vote no to city's offer
By KATE DUFFY Staff Reporter
After a unanimous no vote to the city's contract proposal last night, Lawrence Police Officers Association members authorized their cooperation to hire legal counsel for a possible dispute over it.
The LPOA is disputing the contract's validity because it does not represent the city's 'last and final best offer,' said Gary Sampson, LPOA chairman and chief negotiator.
"The commission didn't follow the resolution." Sampson said. "They didn't see the city's last action."
Under a 1979 resolution governing the city's relationship with employee organizations, after an impasse has been reached in the discussion procedure, the two negotiating teams send their "last and final best offers" to the commission, recommending a resolution, commissioners select one proposal
Earlier in the month, the city offered a wage increase of 1.5 percent over a two-year work period.
Although the LPOA rejected the offer, Sampson maintained that under the resolution, the city negotiation team, headed by Jackie McClain, employee relations director, should have kept the 2.5 percent salary increase in its final proposal to the commission.
But McClain disagreed with the claim that she had broken the resolution
"I was operating on good faith from information I had from the previous employee relations director," McClain said.
McClain said she had continually told the police negotiating team that the final proposal might be different from the one constructed during the mediation process.
"My team had strong feelings about adding the 2.5 percent," McClain said Friday. "They felt it was a financial burden, but I wanted to go as far as I could during negotiations."
The LPOA's final proposal called for a 12 per cent raise by the end of the twenty year period.
At least two city commissioners were upset with the LPOA's decision.
"As far as I'm concerned, they can work without an agreement," Commissioner Don Bimbs said Sunday night. "They've already turned down the city's best offers."
Bimns said the city should fire the officers who refused to sign their contracts.
"There are enough of them who would stay on to form a nucleus, and we can hire the extra," he said.
"They're not considering the other problems we're facing as a community." Shontz said.
Commissioner Nancy Shontz said she was disappointed the police voted the proposal down.
At last week's commission meeting, commissioners cited Lawrence's lower tax base and fear of future fiscal problems as the determining factors in choosing the city's proposal.
Tom Gleason, the only commissioner to vote for the police proposal, said he was sorry to hear that he was not commissioned.
"We have enjoyed pretty good relations with the police before," Glenn said. "I don't want to be bullied."
Moural Marck Francisco was out of town Sunday and Commissioner Barkley Clark could not be re-elected.
Sampson said the LP0A's "main consideration now is to come up with an agreement." He accused the city of adding about $70,000 to the grants at last Tuesday's commission meeting.
He said the city added $1,000 in salary costs for the 20-minute roll call at the beginning of each shift, "which we didn't even ask for," as we had already learned of the days that were already figured in the budget.
"The figures brought to the commission were not true figures." Sampson said
Sampoon also disputed the comparative salary
that commissioners were given at Tuesday
day, Jan. 17.
He said comparing Lawrence police salaries with those in western Kansas and Arkansas towns was not accurate because Lawrence was a larger county and should be compared to Johnson County townships.
The city resolution does not say what will happen to the agreement if one party does not sign it, but it does say the commission's decision is final and binding.
McClain said yesterday that the city was "adopting a wait-and-see attitude."
Sampson said no other job actions were being considered by police officers at this time.
Although Lawrence Police Officers Association members unanimously voted down the city's contract proposal on Monday on the street last night. Steve Aubrey, patrolman, writes a speeding petition on Massachusetts Street.
Photo by J. SHARP SMITH
Juvenile delinquency petitions were filed Friday against two youths being held in connection with the June 9 slaying of Donald Gayle, 26, Douglas County district attorney, Friday.
Lisa Dawn Bigenwalt, 17, daughter of Joseph and Lisa Bigenwalt, Route 4, and William McTaggart III, 15, son of William McTaggart, 427 Elm St., were charged with the adult court equivalent of first-degree assault and attempted kidnaping, Malone said.
MALONE SAID HE was still deciding whether to ask that Associate District Judge Mike Elwell try Bigenwall as an adult. Bigenwall will turn 18 August 26.
Because McTaggart is less than 16, he must be tried in juvenile court. Malone said.
BOTH JUVENILES were originally taken into custody on petitions alleging that they ran away from court-ordered placement homes. Elwell said.
Bignewall was also charged with a miscreancy, which, for an adult, would have been unlawful.
Although the petitions charged both juveniles with the murder of Hatchell, only Bigenwalt was indicated to have been armed with a 22-caliber rifle used in the killing.
MALONE SAID Friday that the cause of a gunshot was a gunshot wound to the head.
HATCHELL'S BODY was found partially June it under a bridge in southwestern Douglass County.
Hatchell was Bigenwalt's great-uncle and lived at the Bigenwalt residence.
Judge Elwell has scheduled a hearing in juvenile court for July 23 for Bigenwal in the
McTagnett will appear in court tomorrow for a hearing on the original juvenile petition. No date has been set for a hearing on the petition regarding the Hatchell case.
Photo by SUSAN PAGE
Despite last week's cloudy skies, two Lawrence boys tried their luck at fishing in Potter Lake. The boys are (left) Jonathan Siler, 7, 70 Maine St., and (right) Kenny Terry, 11, 71 Alabama St.
Gone Fishing—
Israeli policy Haig's downfall
But, surprise that it was, aides noted pressure for the change had been building for some time. Hagi was widely reported to have threatened to cancel several times. This time Reagan took him at his own speed.
By United Press International
WASHINGTON—A crucial factor in the resignation of Secretary of State Alexander Haig was a disagreement over whether the United States should let Israel "finish the job" in Lebanon, White House aides said yesterday.
HAIG MOST RECENTLY had been stewed over what he thought was a bypassing of his authority on Middle East questions, rejection of his recommendations on other crucial issues and some slights he felt during the 10-day European trip with Reagan earlier this month.
While the abrupt end of Haig's tenure as the No.1 member of President Reagan's Cabinet was the culmination of a series of contests, the former leader said he had felt his pro-Iraqi policy was being undermined.
REAGAN HAS BEEN described as "tremendously upset" about the mounting casuage toll in Lebanon, and aides said he had begun to question Israeli objectives in its siege of Beirut and the
isolation of the United States in its backing of the Jewish state.
Then, the aide said. Haig urged Reagan to "let them finish the job" of breaking the Palestinian leadership and establishing a "strong central commitment" in Lebanon that would make peace.
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and raise pressure on Obama's presidency.
The aides said Haig met privately with Reagan Thursday morning, laid out his complaints and threatened to resign Reagan mulled it over with the aid of advisers and decided to accept the resignation.
Hiaig was particularly upset, aides said, when White House spokesman Larry Speaks told reporters Thursday that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaganed Reagan that his troops would not take Beirut.
IT WAS UNDERSTOOD that Haig thought the disclosure would stiffen the resolve of the Palestine Liberation Organization to make a stand against Israeli military pressure.
News of the Haig resignation, the first top-level defection from the administration, and the
Regents trim budget requests
Staff Reporter
By CANDICE SACKUVICH
KU officials' budget requests for fiscal year 1984 were about $1 million less than last year's requests, but the Kansas Board of Regents made further cutbacks in those requests Friday.
At a special meeting, the Regents sliced about $2.4 million off the University's budget improvement requests before submitting them to Gov. John Carlin and the Kansas Legislature for approval.
Sandra McMullen, Regents chairman, said the budget requests were cut because of "potentially more restrictive economic conditions in Kansas during fiscal year 1984.
"At the same time, we recognize our responsibility to present the needs of Kansas higher education to the governor and Legislature," she said.
*WE HAVE ATTEMPTED to balance these responsibilities in making these 1994 budget requests.*
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said it was obvious that the Regents acted with the state of the country.
"Their request for FY 1984 is one of the most conservative in recent years," Budig said.
The Regents' budget proposal included a $4% million increase in state aid to meet the budget-
Committee allocates $8,000, but quorum status is in doubt
By CANDICE SACKOVICH Staff Reporter
The Student Senate executive committee voted unanimously Saturday to spend about $8,000 on a computer, but the question of whether they had a qualified quorum has arisen.
Lisa Ashner, StudEx chairman and a member of the University Senate executive committee, said at the meeting that seven votes were required for a quorum.
Six members were present at the meeting. They were: Ashner; Terry Frederick, administrative assistant and co-chairman for student services; Matt Gatewood, treasurer; Dan Cunningham, executive secretary; David Zimmerman, finance and auditing co-chairman; and Jim Cramer, student rights committee chairman.
The treasurer and executive secretary have no votes in StudEx, said Paul Buskirk, Lawrence senior, a student senator and former Senate parliamentarian.
He said that in his opinion, the only members present at Saturday's meeting who were qualified to vote were Frederick, Zimmerman, Cramer and Ashner.
"The administrative assistant is not a StudEx
member and normally has no vote." Buskirk
"But since Frederick is also co-chairman for student services, he would have one vote."
Ashner said at the meeting that because she was also a SenXs member, she had the right to
Ernest Angio, member and past chairman of
SenEx, say yesterday, "11 may be possible for a StudEx or SenEx member to vote twice in the Senate."
Buskirk said, "To the best of my knowledge, the StudEx chairman can only vote in case of a tie or to make a tie. She would have to turn the chair over if she wanted to cast a vote as a SenEx representative.
"Even if Asher had the right to cast two votes, that only makes five eligible votes cast."
Asher also said at the meeting that Cunningham had Student Body President David
Buskirk said, "If she meant a proxy to vote, there are no provisions for proxy votes, and they have never been allowed in University governments."
Buskirk was that, according to the Student Senate Rules and Regulations, StudEx was authorized to take immediate action if it was required during a break in the regular school year.
He said immediate action referred to action that must be taken within one week.
"We aren't planning on cutting back any staff or secretarial hours. We just want to improve efficiency."
Treasurer Gatewood recommended the purchase of a $740 IBM computer system from Computerland in Lawrence. He also recommended purchasing a service contract, at an annual cost of $285.
The new computer would be in the Senate office and used for word processing and account- ing.
See StudEx page 8
"I'd like to see this computer set up by the time fall classes start."
Weather
Cooler buildings expected in July
WARM
Staff Reporter
Today will be warm and dry, with a high in the 90s, according to the University of Kansas Weather Service. Tuesday and Wednesday's highs will be in the 90s.
By NEAL McCHRISTY
Buildings that have been without air conditioning for more than a month at the University of Kansas will have cool air returned on a phase-in basis sometime after July 1, William Hogan, associate executive vice-chancellor, said Saturday.
The decision on what buildings will have air conditioning turned on, and when, will be made at a meeting of University administrators and the students personnel the first of this week. Hoogan said.
"The critical areas will be turned on first," he said.
CRITICAL AREAS ARE those that are "high population buildings, buildings very intense in their use, classrooms—those kinds of things," he said.
Air conditioning has been limited because of a $89,379 deficit in appropriations needed for utility costs through June 30. The deficit resulted from an increase in energy costs.
The limited use of air conditioning has resulted in a savings, said Hogan and Richard Perkins, KU associate director of utilities at facilities operations.
See Air page 8