The Growing Concern September 2016 by Sandy Munley

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BRYAN TAYNOR Hidden Creek Landscaping, Inc.

LET IT SNOW! The Ohio Landscape Association recently wrapped up another Snow & Ice Management Clinic, and I would like to thank everyone who attended, as well as our guest speakers and sponsors for helping make it such a big success. By now, most of you have already begun planning for the upcoming snow season. If you haven’t, get to it, because it will be here before you know it. While many snow contractors put away their equipment after the snow season ends and don’t start thinking about it again until the leaves start falling, the reality is – especially for those of us in the commercial market – we should never stop planning our snow operations. Great snow contractors work year-round on their operations, always looking to get better. I tend to get excited when planning for snow, not because I particularly enjoy the snow and cold temperatures, but because good snow operations give us the opportunity to set ourselves apart from the competition. For property and facility managers, proper snow and ice management is critical and is typically the last thing they want to think about. They really just want to know their clients are being taken care of. If and when things go wrong, it can leave managers wondering if you are the right contractor for the job, regardless of how well you manage their property the rest of the year.

Great snow contractors work year around on their operations, always looking to get better. Having someone spearhead your snow operations is imperative to success. Sure, snow is a team effort, but to stay on top of it – especially year round – you need to have someone within your organization take ownership of snow, overseeing all aspects of it. This person needs to be someone who understands everything surrounding snow operations, not just routing and equipment. They should set the agenda for the company’s snow operations, and then delegate certain tasks to ensure everything gets accomplished in time for the start of the season. As I said earlier, proper snow planning is ongoing. You should begin planning for the next season at the end of the current snow season. First, review the snow season with your clients while it’s fresh in their minds. Meet with these clients and have them complete a survey of how you did, and review their needs and any change in scope for the coming year. continued on page 6 The Growing Concern x September 2016 x 3

TAB LE OF CON TEN TS S E P T E M B E R 2 0 16 WWW. OH I OLA N D SCA P E R S. OR G OH I O’ S P R OF E SSI ON A L G REEN I N D U ST R Y A SSOCI AT I O N OHIO LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION 9240 Broadview Road Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147 Phone: 440.717.0002, or 1.800.335.6521 Fax: 440.717.0004 Web: www.ohiolandscapers.org and www.myohiolandscape.com EDITOR Rick Doll, Jr. REGULAR WRITERS Michael J. Donnellan, King Financial, Inc. Jim Funai, LIC, Cuyahoga Community College Shelly Funai, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Sandy Munley, Ohio Landscape Association Bobbie Schwartz, FAPLD, Bobbie’s Green Thumb Bryan Taynor, Hidden Creek Landscaping, Inc.

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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

Let It Snow!

PERENNIAL FOCUS

Chelone Turtlehead

FOR SAFETY SAKE

Zika Update: Protection For Outdoor Workers

PLANT OF THE MONTH

Cionanthus Species Fringetrees

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ADVERTISING INFORMATION Submission deadline: 10th of the month, prior to the month of publication. For advertising rates, please call 440.717.0002, 1.800.335.6521, or email Rick Doll at rick@ ohiolandscapers.org. DISCLAIMER The Ohio Landscape Association, its board of directors, staff and the editor of The Growing Concern neither endorse any product(s) or attests to the validity of any statements made about products mentioned in this, past or subsequent issues of this publication. Similarly, the opinions expressed in The Growing Concern are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Ohio Landscape Association. OFFICERS President Bryan Taynor

OLA STAFF Executive Director Sandy Munley

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Communications & Events Manager Rick Doll, Jr.

Treasurer Marie McConnell

Membership Coordinator Noreen Schraitle

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DIRECTORS Eric Brubeck, ASLA Adam Capiccioni James Funai Jacob Grimm Nathan Kowalsick Domenic Lauria

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C AL ENDAR OF EVEN TS UPCO M I N G OLA MEETINGS , EDUC AT I ON SE MI N A R S, A N D OT H E R G R E E N I N D UST R Y EV ENT S

SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 OLA LANDSCAPE FACILITY TOUR AT SCHILL GROUNDS MANAGEMENT Join us for a behind the scenes tour of Schill Grounds Management. Whether your client base is commercial or residential, and whether you do landscape management or design/ build/install – Schill has implemented many interesting and innovative ideas that you can use in your business. Held at Schill Grounds Management in North Ridgeville. Pre-registration is required by Sept. 2 to attend. For more information contact OLA at 1-800-3356521, or visit OhioLandscapers.org.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 OLA LANDSCAPE LIGHTING INSTALLATION – NE OHIO Hands on clinic focusing on basic skills necessary to install a low voltage landscape lighting system. Pre-registration is required by Sept. 12 and class size is limited to 12 participants. Hosted and Sponsored by Wolf Creek Company in Oakwood Village. For more information contact OLA at 1-800-335-6521, or visit OhioLandscapers.org.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 OLA LANDSCAPE LIGHTING INSTALLATION – CENTRAL OHIO Hands on clinic focusing on basic skills necessary to install a low voltage landscape lighting system. Preregistration is required by Sept. 12 and class size is limited to 12 participants. Hosted and Sponsored by Wolf Creek Company in Columbus. For more information contact OLA at 1-800-3356521, or visit OhioLandscapers.org.

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OCTOBER 19-21, 2016 GIE+EXPO AND HARDSCAPES NORTH AMERICA

Hands on clinic focusing on basic skills necessary to install a low voltage landscape lighting system. Preregistration is required by Sept. 12 and class size is limited to 12 participants. Hosted and Sponsored by Wolf Creek Company in West Carrollton. For more information contact OLA at 1-800-3356521, or visit OhioLandscapers.org.

These two tradeshows are co-located at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY and are held in conjunction with Landscapes 2016. Indoor displays along with a vast outdoor equipment demo area make this a fun show to attend. October 19 is reserved for dealers only. For more information to go to gie-expo.com.

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Guest speakers include Steve Castorani, Steve Foltz, John Hoffman, Paul Reiner and Mike Yaney. Held at Lakeland Community College. Sponsored by Associated Green Industries of Northeastern Ohio and The Ohio State University Extension. For information contact Tim Malinich, OSU Extension Educator, Malinich.1@osu.edu or 419627-7631.

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Details TBA. Held at St. Michael’s Woodside in Broadview Hts., OH. For more information contact OLA at 1-800-335-6521, or visit OhioLandscapers.org.

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Tradeshow with educational sessions held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. For more information contact the ONLA at 800825-5062.

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PR E S IDENT’ S C OL UMN continued from page 3 Having this specific information will not only help you prepare for next season, but it may help you secure the contract for following years. Next, have a meeting with your team to review what went well, and what didn’t. Get insight from every position, from dispatch down to the crews. It will help you and your team make improvements and develop a better plan for next season.

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Based on the information you gather from client and team meetings, you should have a clearer understanding of where you need to make adjustments in your systems and processes in order to improve on your operations for the next season. Use this time also to review your contracts with your attorney to make sure everything is up-to-date. Meet with your insurance agent and make sure you have proper coverage both contractually and on your equipment. Move quickly with your post-season site inspections, as well as equipment repairs and inventory. From there you can start working on ways to improve and keep growing your snow operations.

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The most important thing you can do for your snow operations is document everything. Have a system in place to document before, during, and after every event. It is critical to your success. There are many different tools available to help you with this, from programs to mobile applications, but find something that works for you and use it. Once you document everything from pre-season and post-season site inspections, to service requests and complaints, organize it, and then archive it. You never know when something will come back on you such as a slip and fall claim, or a billing dispute. Having this information will help you cover your liability and protect your business, not to mention set you apart as a true professional.

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The industry is constantly evolving, and we have to continue to educate ourselves in order to stay on top of the latest trends and challenges that face our industry. If your snow operations are not where they should be, don’t worry. Set time aside each month to plan. That way you are not caught behind the 8 ball when the snow starts flying. Stay up to date with industry organizations and news, and if necessary, seek out help from another OLA member that has been through it before. If there is something you would like to see at the next OLA Snow & Ice Management Clinic, let us know, as we are always looking to provide you with the information to help you grow your business. Happy Plowing!

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LANDSCAPE FACILITY TOUR September 15, 2016 Schill Grounds Management exclusively serves commercial properties in Northern Ohio, from downtown Cleveland and its suburbs to Akron and Canton and west to Sandusky and the Lake Erie shore communities. For 20 years, they have built expertlevel capabilities and a smart, professional team to meet the yearround needs of commercial clients who want beautiful, affordable landscaping and rapid clearing of snow and ice. With multiple facilities across the region and a large staff of landscaping and snow management specialists, they can handle any commercial client’s needs. Schill is Northern Ohio’s leader in sustainable practices that help protect the environment. From propane-powered mowers, to bio-nutritional fertilizers, to green waste recycling, they have made a pioneering commitment to commercial grounds management solutions that are cleaner, safer, and cost-neutral. They help customers develop a site maintenance plan that outlines long-term strategies and short-term actions to achieve sustainable maintenance goals. Schill’s client mandate can be summed up by their C.A.R.E Commitment: Consistency, Accessibility, Reliability, and Expertise. With an in-depth audit system, scheduled service calls and digital service help desk to keep them organized, customers always receive dedicated and personalized service.

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The Schill team operates by the Sundown Rule, meaning they address any issue a customer has by sundown of the same day. They recognize that commercial property managers have a lot of responsibilities — worrying about landscaping problems shouldn’t be one of them. This is why we make every attempt to address issues by the end of the day whether that means resolving the problem, or communicating a plan of action to be taken as soon as possible. Schill Grounds Management has many innovative, interesting ideas that can be incorporated into your landscape business whether you focus on commercial, or residential clients. Join us for an enjoyable and informational evening.

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BOBBIE SCHWARTZ, FAPLD Bobbie’s Green Thumb Chelone is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. When blooming, the flower is said to resemble the head of a turtle.

CHELONE TURTLEHEAD

One of the mainstays of the August/September perennial garden is Chelone. Its unusual flower is named after the head of a turtle, but just look at any photo and you can see – someone had a very vivid imagination. Nonetheless, the way the petals are clustered is unusual. Happily, it is deer resistant and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. A North American native that loves partial shade and moist soil, this perennial is hardy from zones 3-7. Chelone lyonii (Pink Turtlehead) is the best known species, mainly due to brilliant marketing of the cultivar ‘Hot Lips.’ How could anyone resist that name? It’s fat, terminal spikes are a perfect lipstick color – rosy pink – a deeper pink than the species. It supposedly has red stems, but I see no evidence of that. It grows 2 to 4 feet high and spreads slowly by rhizome. I

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say slowly because, in my garden, it really hasn’t spread much at all. However, in a moister situation, I could see where it probably would. The foliage is a rich, deep green. Amazingly, it has done quite well on a client’s slope that gets some water, but certainly doesn’t stay moist. continued on page 10

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Chelone blooms later than some herbaceous perennials, in mid to late summer. There is no floral scent and are cross pollinated by bees and attractive to butterflies.

continued from page 8 I use it as a middle of the border plant in my back garden where it has been for 20 years, through every permutation of weather. At one time, I partnered it with Lobelia ‘Ruby Slippers’ and Miscanthus ‘Variegatus’ but, sadly, the Lobelia has disappeared. One of its other assets is that, unlike many perennials in part shade, the flower stalks do not lean toward the sun. There is a new cultivar that I have yet to purchase called ‘Tiny Tortuga’, exactly the same but only 14 to 16 inches high. This means that it could be used at the front of the border. There is another similar species, C.obliqua (Rose Turtlehead) but I rarely see it offered and Allan Armitage says that he really doesn’t see much difference except that it is less hardy.

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Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead) blooms at the same time and in the same conditions as Pink Turtlehead but is supposedly only 2 to 3 feet high. Unlike the shade preferring Chelone lyonii, this one loves full sun. Both species look great in large groupings. For a late summer/ early fall perennial, it’s hard to do better than Chelone. Bobbie Schwartz, FAPLD, owner of Bobbie’s Green Thumb in Shaker Hts., Ohio, is a landscape designer, consultant, freelance writer, and lecturer whose specialties are perennial gardens and four season landscapes. Bobbie is a Past President of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD). She currently serves as chair of the ONLA Plant Selection Committee. She can be reached at (216) 752-9449.

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confirmed evidence that Zika can be transmitted sexually, so males may also be carriers of Zika and can infect their partners. All in all, Zika is a pretty nasty disease, and medical science has not yet figured out all the answers on how to stop it or prevent it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently posted a series of Zika toolkits — online resources and information on how to prevent the Zika virus from being transmitted in outdoor settings. These toolkits contain lots of relevant information for park and recreation agencies, as well as guidance for supervisors and outdoor workers. continued on page 14

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FOR SAFETY SAKE continued from page 12 What is significant about this guidance is that both supervisors and workers bear a responsibility for taking preventative actions to prevent exposure to Zika. While this is presented as guidance only, it would behoove any agency to carefully consider the guidance and take appropriate actions regarding worker awareness, provision of repellents and, potentially, modifications of summer uniforms for workers.

RECOMMENDED SUPERVISORY ACTIONS

Of particular interest in the toolkit is a fact sheet containing interim guidance from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) for how to protect workers and how to deal with worker concerns. Note that these recommendations are presented as interim guidance, not regulation or law.

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through mosquito bites and train them how to protect themselves. Provide insect repellents containing EPA-registered active ingredients and encourage their use. Provide workers with, and encourage them to wear, clothing that covers their hands, arms, legs, and other exposed skin. Get rid of sources of standing water (e.g., tires, buckets, cans, bottles, barrels) whenever possible to reduce or eliminate areas where mosquitoes can lay eggs. Train workers about the importance of eliminating standing water at the worksite. If requested by a worker, consider reassigning workers who indicate they are or may become pregnant, or male workers who have a sexual partner who is or may become pregnant, to indoor tasks to reduce their risk of mosquito bites.

SYMPTOMS OF THE ZIKA VIRUS MILD FEVER CONJUNCTIVITIS

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SKIN RASH

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In the last week of July, the two of us made a pilgrimage to the East Coast Mecca of horticulture, Greater Philadelphia. Between our plant nerdery excitement and planning which gardens to hit, we failed to consider the possible chaos that might ensue from the Democratic National Convention being held in the same area. On our drive, we began to fear the worst – throngs of politicos roaming the gardens, discussing which candidate is a worse human being – not even appreciating the beauty of the plants on display. In our heads, we were heading for thick crowds of people, protestors and others, running amuck. As it turned out though, when it is over 90 degrees and sunny, not many people wanted to be outside for much of anything, and besides the occasional Pokéman hunting zombie, we nearly had the gardens to ourselves!

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All season long, it seems the two of us can’t wait to make it home to escape our jobs of taking care of plants, just to spend some time at home relaxing and doing what else – enjoying our gardens and taking care of plants. This trip gave us a much needed break from our daily horticultural grind and fixation with making the world around us look more beautiful. We finally had a moment to ourselves to relax and enjoy some gardens!

Yes… it’s all the same thing… vacation was the same as work! While we’d love to go on and on about how exciting our lives are, it’s probably better to tell you about the amazing plant specimens we saw! And seeing how it is rather hard to narrow down to just one for this particular article, we decided to compromise by picking a genus that covers two great species, both worthy of use in your gardens. Chionanthus is a genus of mainly tropical plants in the Olive family (Oleaceae) with cousins such as Ash (Fraxinus), Lilac (Syringa), Privet (Ligustrum), and Forsythia (Forsythia). Two hardy species in Chionanthus of note are C. virginicus known as “White Fringetree” and C. retusus called the “Chinese Fringetree.” Chionanthus is a Greek-based name from chion, which means snow, and anthos, the word for flower. The great botanist, Carl Linnaeus came up with the name, and “snow flower” truly is a great description of the genus. Both Fringetrees will have prolific blooms in mid spring which look like a mini snow storm is surrounding the plant. It is an absolutely beautiful sight to see. White Fringetree is our native member of the species, with snowy flower panicles hanging down from the branches, almost in a Spanish moss type of look. We’ve found that each plant has a unique upright, multi-stem, ascending form, typically topping out in the 15 feet x 15 feet range. Some very old and beautiful specimens can be found at Bertram’s Botanical Garden, just outside Philly, which is the nation’s oldest botanical garden. It was founded by the American botanist, William Bartram. This specific group of plants may have even been visited by Benjamin Franklin himself, as he was a good friend and fellow plant nerd of Mr. Bartram’s. Chinese Fringetree tends to be grown by the nurseries as a single stem tree form, though in its native habitat it can be found in multi-stem. A little bigger than our native, it should reach into the low 20 feet x 20 feet range, with a nicely rounded crown. Flowers on this species are held more upright at the terminals of the branches and will produce a giant cloud of blooms – quite spectacular to see. We came across a stunning specimen pushing 25 feet tall at Chanticleer Garden in Wilmington, DE which was a real show stopper. And though we didn’t see it in bloom, the bark was shiny light brown with large curls peeling off, much like a Paperbark Maple. With an up-light on that bark at nighttime… you’d win your client’s hearts forever. continued on page 20

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Both Fringetrees are found in groups in nature, in the understory or woodland edges, usually near streams and swamps. However, these are pretty tough plants that can adapt to a range of conditions. We find they look best – and bloom best – if you keep them out of deep shade and try to prevent extremely dry soils. Both are quite pollution tolerant, thriving well in urban conditions on less than ideal sights. Like Hollies (Ilex), these plants are dioecious (dio = 2, ecious = house) meaning there are “male” and “female” plants. Unlike Hollies, they can also have some perfect flowers on one plant (polygamo-dioecious). While the majority of flowers will either be male (stamens only), or female (pistils only), sometimes a perfect flower (both stamens and pistil) with show up.

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For all intents and purposes, consider them to be male or female plants, but don’t count on the nursery to be able to tell you which is which. For this reason, and for aesthetic reasons, we recommend planting in groups. The native Chionanthus virginicus is great in

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mass around a large building. To reduce the massiveness of it in the landscape, use them at the back of the shrub border. Chionanthus retusus can be a great ornamental tree when planted in a grouping of three off the corner of a building, or in an island bed, bringing some height and truly great four season appeal. Both species will have blue drupe fruits in late summer that resemble oblong purple grapes. Fruits are heaviest on the female plants, but you may find a few sporadic fruits on a male, if it was able to produce some perfect flowers during spring. The fruits hang in open clusters for several weeks and are a favorite of songbirds.

For a local taste of the plant, there is a large group of Chionanthus virginicus near the beginning of the Plane Tree Allée at Stan Hywet, just waiting for you to come enjoy its beauty. We hope you enjoy seeking this plant out as much as we love taking adventures to find great specimen plants. Plant-finds like this one continually inspire us to find new – and renewed – uses for the many great landscape plants that exist in our business!

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These two plants are a challenge to propagate from cuttings and are nearly impossible with any success rate by seed, which prevents them from being overly common or super cheap. We suggest that you find the right location and purchase a grouping for the right landscape; you will be blown away by the spring flowers.

education in the green industry. He is pursuing a PhD in Landscape Engineering and Forestry and is a Licensed Arborist. Shelley Funai is Grounds Manager at Stan Hywett Hall and Gardens in Akron, Ohio, which offers a historic estate designed by Warren H. Manning and a beautiful manor house museum. She is Landscape Industry Certified in Ornamental Plant Care. Both are graduates of The Ohio State University. Contact Jim and Shelley via email at hortsquad@gmail.com.

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Interest rates have been low, and remain low, because policy makers have gone to great lengths to keep them there. The financial crisis ushered in a new source of downward pressure on interest rates, as monetary policy turned accommodative. The US Federal Reserve led the charge among central banks, acting fast and aggressively in response to the global turmoil, by relying on a near-zero policy rate and massive asset purchases (quantitative easing). In the post-crisis era, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank – both under new leadership – followed suit. Negative nominal policy interest rates are a more recent phase of these policies. continued on page 24

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The 2010-2016 period is not the first episode of widespread negative real returns on bonds. The periods around World War I and World War II are routinely overlooked in discussions that focus on deregulation of capital markets since the 1980s. As in the past, during and after financial crises and wars, central banks increasingly resort to a form of “taxation” that helps liquidate the huge public- and private-debt overhang and eases the burden of servicing that debt. Such policies, known as financial repression, usually involve a strong connection between the government, the central bank, and the financial sector. Today, this means consistent negative real interest rates – equivalent to a tax on bondholders and more importantly, on retirees and savers. More often than not, negative real rates were accompanied by higher inflation (as during the wars and the 1970s) than what we observe today in the advanced economies. In the 1930s, in the midst of economic depression and sharp deflation, US Treasury bills sometimes traded at negative yields. In an era when public debt write-offs (haircuts) are widely viewed as unacceptable (witness the European Union’s position on Greece) and governments are often reluctant to write off private debts (witness Italy’s reluctance to impose a haircut on holders of banks’ debt), sustained negative returns are the slow path to reducing debt. Absent a surprise inflation spurt, this will be a long process. Michael J. Donnellan is President of King Financial, Inc., with offices in Strongsville and the M3 Wealth Management office in North Royalton, Ohio specializing in stock selection and retirement planning. Feel free to contact him with at (440) 652-6370, or donnellan@m3wealthmanagement.com. Securities and advisory services offered through L.M. Kohn & Company Registered Broker/Dealer Member FINRA/SIPC/MSRB 10151 Carver Rd. Suite 100 Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 (800) 478-0788

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INDUSTRY SKEPTICAL OF NEW OVERTIME REGULATIONS If you haven’t heard by now – though we’re assuming most of you have – The Department of Labor has changed overtime laws to require employers to pay time and a half for over 40 hours, even if employees are salaried. One of the most poorly appreciated (and understood) laws in the universe is the law of unintended consequences. To that point: Do you feel the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rules expanding overtime pay to millions of workers will actually provide more money or more free time for the employees affected? The Obama administration says that it will. Or do you see the new overtime law as yet another example of governmental meddling that’s more likely to result in just

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the opposite consequence as that intended by the DOL? (And this apart from the extra administrative expense heaped upon businesses tasked with complying with the new rules.) “I think the new overtime rule will have a negative effect on landscape service providers,” says Rick Cuddihe, CLP, Lafayette Property Maintenance Co. “I talk to contractors every day that say the rule will increase their labor expense. The most negative comment I’ve heard is ‘we’ll cut employee base pay to oversee overtime payments.’ I truly hope few, if any, companies go this way.”

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I stopped into a Burger King two days after the DOL issued final regulations for the new overtime rules. I asked the manager there if his annual salary was more than the $47,476 annually, the new threshold making him exempt from overtime come this Dec. 1, 2016, when the regulations go into effect. He said it was. Then I asked if the salaried assistant managers at his store made enough to be exempt from overtime. He responded they did not, adding they would be classified as hourly employees.

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I was surprised at the manager’s grasp of the new regulations so soon after the May 8 announcement. But, perhaps I shouldn’t have been. The DOL, at the direction of the present administration, several years ago telegraphed its intent to boost salaried employees’ compensation. Company owners knew what was coming; they just didn’t know the final details. The only surprise (small as it was, but nonetheless welcome) in the final law was the threshold for exempt salaried employees. The DOL, apparently in response to industry feedback, dropped the exempt threshold from $50,440, which it announced last year, to $47,476 ($913 a week). Even so, the final number is twice the previous exempt threshold of $23,660 ($455 a week). And, the exemption will rise every three years. “The salary level will be increased automatically every three years, starting in 2020. It is estimated to be at $51,000 in 2020,” says Craig Regelbrugge, senior vice president at AmericanHort. The landscape industry, replete with low-level salaried employees with managerial or sales responsibilities, finds itself in the same pickle as the restaurant industry and scores of industries and their thousands of small businesses. continued on page 28

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FEATURE ARTI CLE continued from page 27 “This is going to cause a number of landscape professional businesses to take a look at what they’re paying their employees,” says Paul T. Mendelsohn, vice president of government relations, National Landscape Professionals Association (NALP). “While it doesn’t impact the labor force, there are a lot of people in managerial positions within the industry that will be impacted by this.” Steve Rak of Southwest Landscape Management agrees, saying, “I think the OT rule is going to hurt our industry because of the seasonality of our business. It is going to hinder our ability to be flexible with our manager’s time.” Adds Regelbrugge: The new levels will be effective on Dec. 1, 2016. Dec. 1 is a Thursday, which means that salary increases to ensure continued use of the exemption for weekly/biweekly employees must be made for the workweek (or pay period) that includes Dec. 1.”

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Here are three changes resulting from the new overtime rules: • Low-paid managers making more than $23,660 but less than $47,476 would be reclassified as “non-exempt.” This means if they work more than 40 hours in a week, an employer would have to pay them time and a half. • An employer may give a small raise to a salaried worker making just under $47,476 to boost their pay over the threshold to avoid having to pay them overtime. • An employer may decide not to raise the salary of a manager making less than $47,476 annually. Instead the employer could keep the employee’s workweek at or under 40 hours to avoid having to pay them overtime. “If an employee is being paid salary and that salary is below the $47,476.00 threshold, the employer still has options,” shares Jared M. Nusbaum, an attorney with Zlimen & McGuiness, PLLC, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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“The employer can limit the number of hours that the employee is working to 40. The employer can also raise the salary to the minimum threshold. Finally, the employer can agree to change the employee’s pay to hourly and agree to pay overtime as needed for hours worked over 40.” Adds NALP’s Mendelsohn: “One of the first steps everybody needs to do is go through their personnel who fall under the classification of white collar and do an audit of what their position is, how it is compensated and what it means as far as the overall salary burden that goes to the business. “At the outset at least, the regulations promise to be fairly burdensome for businesses,” Mendelsohn continues. He adds that one of industry’s biggest complaints with the regulations is that they do not take into account regional differences in pay. For example, someone in Iowa is being forced to compensate an individual at the same rate as someone on New York City.

“The one silver lining is that it does include some latitude because this new rule allows up to 10 percent of the salary level to be met with bonuses and commissions,” Mendelsohn says. “But it’s still, in our view, extremely onerous and we’re still going to be working in Congress to pass something that is more common sense.” Even so, he admits the likelihood of changing the regulations are remote given the approaching presidential election. “While legislation to block or slow the rule will surely be attempted, the path for legislation is bleak at least until 2017,” adds AmericanHort’s Regelbrugge.

Ronnie Hall is editor-at-large of Turf and has been an editor, researcher and writer in the lawn and landscape industry for more than 30 years. Contact him at rhall@ grandviewmedia.com. You can view the original article at www.turfmagazine. com/keeping-it-green/landscape-industry-new-overtime-regulations/

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HOLE-IN-ONE SCORED AT OLA OUTING The 16th Annual OLA Scholarship Golf Classic took place last month at Mallard Creek Golf Club in Columbia Station and was a blast! We had great participation again this year – from both sponsors and golfers – with $12,800 in sponsorship and 212 registered golfers! Please, make sure to check out the spread on pages 16 and 17 to see all of our sponsors, prize donators, as well as who the winning teams were. We did have a first this year – Carl Rolla, of CUI Services, scored a hole-in-one on the 25th hole! How cool is that! Luckily, the shot was witnessed by a course ranger, so it was an official hole-in-one. And while it was not on the Valley Truck Center’s Hole-In-One Contest hole, it did win him $50 for the Closest to the Pin Contest that was on the hole. Along with that, Mallard Creek took his information so that it could be celebrated in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Congratulations, Carl – and congrats to your entire team for coming in first place. As usual, we have a number of very serious teams take part in the outing, but we also attract a lot of teams that have players who golf maybe once or twice a year. We are grateful

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for ALL our golfers, regardless of your skill level or reason you attended. So, whether you were there to support the OLA, the scholarship fund, or to just take a break and have fun, we thank you for coming out! One of the contests, held again this year, was Botson’s Big Ball Drop. We sold numbered golf balls that were taken 50 feet up in the air in an Ohio CAT lift and then dropped over a hole – closest to the pin (or in the hole) wins $500 – tie splits that amount. This year, teammates Britt Stantz and Travis Conner (both from Schill Ground Management) went in together on purchasing balls and one of theirs went in the cup. They happily split the $500! continued on page 34

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D I RECTI ON S continued from page 32 We had many other contests and games going on throughout the day, as well. Betting holes, longest drive, longest putt, closest to the pin, skins and a 50/50 raffle – and of course the beverage carts stocked with iced cold libations to add to the fun. Once again, Winking Lizard catered the event, providing endless barbecued spare ribs and chicken with all the fixings for dinner – So good, we even had some non-golfers show up, registered for dinner only. Thanks for coming out to mingle! We’re glad you got such a good meal!

This year’s OLA Scholarship Golf Classic winners, CUI Services.

Our outing is traditionally on the first Thursday of August – so mark your calendar now for next year’s outing. I am sure it will be just as much fun – if not more!

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