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<br />per"tuIl lJOllUS payment lOr tnsurancl!,
<br />health and safety would be paid directly
<br />~ company, Previously, any money
<br />. .'--om that lund was paid to miners as
<br />direct cash bonuses twice a year, That
<br />would no longer be the case, Mulhall
<br />said.
<br />Charleworth said that was a dangerous
<br />situation because, without contract
<br />grievance provisions in eflect, the com.
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<br />least uniil ilier M~~Ybefo"'-ehiring -'---'---'
<br />replacement workers, ,.
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<br />Company lawyers have thr~.d a
<br />restraining order to halt the union from
<br />lis picketing activities, The company is
<br />claiming the picketing miners have beim
<br />threatening salaried employees and in"
<br />dependent contractors working at the
<br />mine site,
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<br />provision giving miners retroactive pay
<br />for the period of time between the mid"
<br />AprO expiration or the old contract and
<br />the signing of a new contract was thrown
<br />out, as well as a ~I,35-pe...ton bonus
<br />payment lor Insurance, health and safety
<br />funds,
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<br />Also scrapped was the provision
<br />allowing a union safety committee the
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<br />schedule, which the union has termed the
<br />majorsturn~ in negotiations,
<br />A union tl.,. Redslone Workers
<br />Association Vice-President John
<br />Charlesworth, said today that the union
<br />leadership would ask Its membership to
<br />"play It cool" on the picket line Monday.
<br />A brief, 4s-mlnute meeting Wednesday
<br />between the striking miners and com"
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<br />TOSCO,
<br />,ndalous'
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<br />llnfully obvious from the
<br />the allegations and their bn"
<br />I wide dissemination to the
<br />Toscso's ,strategy) is to
<br />campaign of advancing 1m"
<br />npertinent, scandalous and
<br />allegations," Good's at"
<br />In the brief:
<br />claimed that Good used his
<br />Iatlonship with Paula Hen"
<br />tor of the Colorado Depart"
<br />11 Affairs, to obtain Inside In.
<br />)OUt Tosco.
<br />my said the Information was
<br />n documents Tosco turned
<br />Irado officials as part 01 the
<br />process for !he oil shale
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<br />Herzmark freely admit they
<br />Imate relationship" but have
<br />of rosco's contentions,
<br />IV. Richard Lamm also has
<br />atlons of improprieties on his
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<br />Mudslide victim wants flood drai"nage study
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<br />not confined to the Incorporated city be
<br />formed for, the construction 01 canals and
<br />streels with Inverted crowns so that flood
<br />damage could be controlled or mitigated,
<br />The council will address the proposal, af.
<br />ter City Attorney Charlie Willman has
<br />performed the necessary preliminary
<br />legal research on It,
<br />The second weekend of July, bard
<br />rains Initiated the mudslides that filled
<br />the basements of Zimmerer and others
<br />with mud, rocks and debris, Roads were
<br />blocked, and facilities such as the Glen.
<br />wood Springs Sewage Plant were
<br />threatened,
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<br />By Alan Isbell
<br />Post staff writer
<br />A West Glenwood resident hard hit by
<br />last month's mudslides appeared belore
<br />Garfield County commissioners Tuesday
<br />to ask that a flood drainage study be per.
<br />formed for the GlenwoodSprings area,
<br />Further, Jack Zimmerer asked that a
<br />flood control district, Inclusive of West
<br />Glenwaod and the city of Glenwood
<br />Springs, be formed,
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<br />"I was one of the harder, hit' by the
<br />mudslides, but that's not the reason I'm
<br />here," Zimmerer said, The problem was
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<br />Commissi\ln Chairman Larry
<br />Velasquez said the problem had been
<br />magnified in the West Glenwood area in
<br />the past by a property owner who "told
<br />us loud and clear, If you divert any
<br />water, you could expect a lawsuit."
<br />
<br />The commissioners Indicated Zim"
<br />merer should contact the county finance
<br />, officer and solicit firms to do the study so
<br />that a cost estimate could be reached,
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<br />Virtually the same proposal was made
<br />by Glenwood Springs Councilman Jerry
<br />Gamba at the July 16 meeting 01 the city
<br />council, Gamba asserted that a district
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<br />one of draining what he characterized as
<br />a residential area that was developed un.
<br />der "faulty planning.'"
<br />"This has to be resolved," he declared.
<br />Saying It was unfortunate a flood con"
<br />. trol study of the Glenwood Springs area
<br />had not occuqed 20 years ago, he
<br />suggested the study be performed in
<br />cooperation with Glenwood Springs. He ,
<br />claimed federal funding was available
<br />specifically for flood control and that he
<br />would be willing to set up a West Glen-
<br />wood committee to work with the
<br />engineering firm selected to perform the
<br />study.
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<br />leringclosing Railroad Ave. to parking
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<br />:almost impossible.
<br />Allec's proposal would create the turn lanes, as well as a one-
<br />way bike lane through the downtown "rea, '
<br />Council members set the hearing to decide upon Railroad
<br />Avenue parklngl.or 7 p,m. Aug. IS In the city council cjlambers.
<br />Railroad Avenue was the subject of another action taken by
<br />the council, . The action will change the addresses of ap-
<br />proximately 50 residences in the Palomino Park subdivision,
<br />Alter an earlier motion died for lack 01 a majority, council
<br />members reconsidered and approved a measure that will
<br />change the zero line of addresses in the' city from Railroad
<br />Avenue to Slate Highway 13.
<br />. Railroad and Highway 13 follow the same route through much
<br />of the city but separate at the Palomino subdivision, requiring
<br />the change of addresses there,
<br />Another major decision made by the council, which would
<br />raise the city sales' lax from 2to 3 percent, must be approved by
<br />.'At...._ .... ."".... Aa.,'t! w...ft'"irual ~'~u.t;^" Cl:Ant It
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<br />the municipal code,
<br />The third ordinance to be placed on the ballot is the con-
<br />troversial sign code ordinance, which would restrict the size and
<br />location of signs in Rifle commercial areas.
<br />In other action:
<br />-An ordinance reinstating fire zones in Rifle and requiring
<br />electriCal conduit in commercial areas was passed on second
<br />reading,
<br />-An ordinance annexing the site of the proposed Regional
<br />Energy Center In south Rifle was passed on second reading"
<br />-An ordinance lowering the general speed limit from 35 to 25
<br />mph was passed on second reading.
<br />-Council members passed on first reading an ordinance
<br />designed to eliminate obsolete ordinances Irom the municipal
<br />code,
<br />-An ordinance to tighten restrictions on transient businesses
<br />was oassed, As a result, transient businesses will be reouired to
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<br />Terrell .recommended a possible compromise that would
<br />require installing turn lanes at intersections In the downtown
<br />area, leaving parklDg open In the middle of the blocks. "
<br />Others attending the meeting, however, vigorously opposed
<br />that proposal, predicting that the problem would only be
<br />aggravated II action wasn't taken quickly.
<br />"I think the whole town is sticking its he;ld II) the sand and
<br />ignoring the problem," charged Gary Hausler, a Rifle Planning
<br />Commission member.
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<br />Hausler suggested that the city use its political clout as an oil
<br />shale-Impacted community to not only eliminate parking and in.
<br />stall turn lanes, but also to erect traffic signals at eac" 01 the In-
<br />tersections in the downtown area. Currently, there are only two
<br />traffic lights on Railroad A venue in downtown Rifle.
<br />"I'll guarantee you, you'll get results," Hausler said,
<br />"because they (statjl officials) don't want to hear about lH1r
<br />problems (on the Western Slope)."
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