Case Date:

4/12/2020

This South Carolina town has produced these very inexpensive masks and are handing them out for free. They are based on IU professor and Bloomington resident Jiangmei Wu's free origami design. They can be easily assembled by the user using rubber bands and are made of paper. Something for Bloomington to think about doing. Thank you. Ron Day https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/free-mask-drive-thru-being-offered-in-trailblazer-park-pavilion-this-week-city-of-travelers/article_26c8e2b4-7d06-11ea-b0eb-7fb1cb0c764f.html?fbclid=IwAR1rSXMSSUSSucaT6j4RamfvbdirZ0vGGcmr8t0p5JPW1JNZXTdNl-qmbfE

Case Date:

2/19/2020

How to fill out the applications for the job I want?

Case Date:

5/6/2020

Can the mayor or risk management or the lawyers or human resources please explain what safety policies are? Who is in charge of the virus response? A coworker in another department told me yesterday that city workers are to wear masks now if around others, but our director isn't and coworkers aren't. We all are supposed to have cloth masks aren't we? Everything is super unclear or not followed. Who is even supposed to be at work? And definitely most folks walking around aren't masked it doesn't sound like. Can a mass email go out? Or an online meeting or something?

Case Date:

7/23/2017

Follow-up to previously sent Resume; due to inability to EM the required information to apply for the Dispatcher positions.

Case Date:

12/13/2017

http://indiana105.com/region-news/governor-signs-new-parental-leave-policy-for-state-employees/ Does this impact City employees? If not, will the City be implementing its own similar parental/adoption policy? I'm surprised one does not yet exist. At least my understanding is there is no more than required FMLA. Thank you for the information.

Case Date:

5/26/2021

Does the city have employee resource groups? Is the LGBT one organizing any Pride events next month if so?

Case Date:

11/19/2022

I was employed for two weeks moving scooters from sidewalks and parking spots. I am being refused to get paid for the amount of time that I worked. What do I need to do to receive my paycheck? Thank you for your help.

Case Date:

12/21/2022

Paid parental leave pilot program details needed. When will this information from the budget presentations be released?

Case Date:

11/3/2023

I filled out an online application, everything is filled out, but when I try to submit it the application will not forward and a box says fill out all required fields. But, the box or program does not identify the missing field that is not filled out. It is for the possition of Operations Office Coordinator. Please, write back and show me the field that is not filled out and fix the program so it shows applicants where information is missing

Case Date:

9/6/2023

Some comments ahead of budget approval: Are staff members being considered throughout this budget cycle? This question comes up frequently from the employee perspective, but it does not seem to be at the forefront of council, the administration, or even HR’s agenda. Staff are continually told how valuable their benefits are while being grossly overworked and underpaid, often carrying the duties of multiple positions because this organization cannot keep a full staff employed. Employees and citizen onlookers watch this dance every year as the mayoral and department head staff continue to get inflated wages while the vast majority of workers are severely underpaid with high expectations of their output. Yet promises are made during the approval of each budget for things that will benefit staff, however staff never reap the benefits. The staff health clinic has yet to have even a proposed plan discussed to internal staff but was promised last year, a compensation study was to commence yet the results have not been provided internally to staff and the amount allocated is laughable seeing as there are still LARGE wage gaps between the work performed at the same pay grade level accross roles within the organization let alone just in individual departments (pay data is public after all), the bonuses were delayed in getting released to staff via paychecks let alone the other health benefit reimbursements that are constantly delayed in processing, and alleged “progressive” benefits such as paid parental leave (in which the city is just behind in offering such a benefit) are still currently a “trial” so no one employee can actually calculate the value of the “benefits” because they don’t exist or do not apply to them (i.e. the bike cash out program that the majority of staff members cannot even use due to location of where they live, yet this is the topic of concern?). It seems that the organization is constantly asking how can we get people to stay in their roles, when the answers are right in front of them every year - skills based hiring, retention pay incentives, and adequate market/competitive pay. Our municipal counterpart in the County and federal roles work less hours (often closing at 4pm), have more paid holidays, have remote and hybrid work options without repercussions, retention incentives, higher pay rates, larger bonus incentives, and continue to float higher cost of living adjustments than the City. When did it become the case that City civil servants should bare the brunt of public backlash and demand, yet make so little that they cannot afford to live in the city they work for? It is very concerning to watch on every year as the average worker in this organization falls off of the organization’s top priority list. After all, how are citizens’ needs and demands going to be met if there are no people running the city each day? It’s really sad to see that the only individual throughout this process so far to discuss the employees’ treatment is the Clerk. This organization should be doing better than this, and set the same priorities for employees with the newly incoming administration. Someone truly needs to address the large pay gaps, the systemic staffing issues, etc. because it has yet to be accomplished.