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MINU'I'ES CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 11, 1996 FULL-TIME The City Administrator reported that at the budget PARKS & workshop meeting, he indicated the impact of RECREATION hiring a full-time Parks & Recreation Assistant would ASSISTANT be $24,000 to the 1997 Budget. This was incorrect, and the impact would actually be $12,000. The Parks & Recreation Director indicated he is aware the City Council wants to keep the net tax levy increase as low as possible. In keeping with this, the Director indicated he is prepared to not pursue the full-time Parks & Recreation Assistant position for 1997. While he still feels the full-time position is the prudent thing to do, he will replace the part-time assistant who is leaving at the end of 1996, and see how that works out during 1997. Fahey suggested the part-time position be advertised, and the Director see if it is possible to hire someone who has some availability during day-time hours. Fahey stated that his first priority is to get sufficient administrative and secretarial support for the City's department heads. The Administrator asked if that should take precedent over code enforcement. Scalze did not feel that was a clear precedent. LaValle felt the City needed enough staff to do the job, and pointed out that the City currently has something positive going with code enforcement. Scalze felt computerizing parks and recreation information would also be a time-saver for the Director. Fahey felt that clerical support staff needed to be assigned to the Director on a permanent basis. This would help alleviate the long hours put in by the Director. The technology piece is also important. It was the consensus of the Council that the City Administrator should work out the issues of clerical support staff for Parks & Recreation as well as continued code enforcement activities. A recommendation should then be made to the Council as part of the budget process. 17