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008 WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1988 in this capacity until now and felt the Council would see a difference when he is embedded. Mr. Bisel agreed but felt the review process will help to keep productivity high. Mr. Bohjanen moved to approve the contract for Mr. Miller with a salary of $40,000 per year and to drop items #2 and #3 from the contract and to include the change in item #5 as indicated previously. Mr. Neal seconded the motion. The motion carried with Mr. Reinert voting no because Mr. Miller will be reviewed in three months and there will be another opportunity to adjust the salary. SALARY ADJUSTMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Mr. Schumachaer explained that earlier this spring when all non -union personnel were reviewed by the Ways and Means Committee, his salary recommendation for the Administrative Assistant was cut from $2,200 to $1,700 and an allowance was made for a mid -year evaluation and adjustment. Mr. Schumacher explained Mr. Tesch's work is excellent and he has taken over some of Mr. Schumacher's duties in the areas of correspondence and drafting policies and reports in the past six months. He recommended that the original recommendation for Mr. Tesch's salary be approved. Mayor Benson asked for an explanation of certain management responsibilities. Mr. Schumacher explained that in his absence, Mrs. Anderson assumes financial responsibilities and Mr. Tesch will assume management responsibilities. Mr. Reineret asked for clarification, would this position be considered an Assistant City Administrator or Administrative Assistant? Would he make decisions over department heads? Mr. Schumacher said yes. Mr. Reinert said this is not included in the Administrative Assistant's job description in "nature of work ". Mr. Schumacher felt Mr. Tesch had the knowledge to make decisions of this nature. Mr. Reinert felt the "nature of work" area should be rewritten because he would be making administrative decisions. Mr. Neal said he felt Mr. Schumacher needed assistance. Mr. Reinert felt if this was the case the organizational chart should be revised to show this. He also noted that this is not what Mr. Tesch was hired for and now he is being elevated to a position of authority. He felt that he was not qualified and not hired for this position. He felt Mr. Schumacher had placed the Administrative-Assistant in an unauthorized position. He noted that an Administrative Assistant was hired and now he is being elevated to a position to make PAGE 3 1