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of a career that is equally capable and may stay. My perspective is that the person must be viable <br />for the position and provide a suitable cost return for the city. Again, I still feel that return was <br />there three months ago. Not knowing who will be available to fill the position now makes me <br />less inclined to bankroll the position. In other words, if an assistant to the administrator is found <br />to be capable, the choice can always be made to advance the individual. If the hire turns out to <br />be less than that, the option is not created, or if the ACA position is determined to be necessary <br />regardless, the assistant at that time can compete for the position. <br />5. Internships <br />Having interned twice early in my own career, I am in favor of utilizing them, but I do <br />not see this as practical for this position. I expect to be able to find individuals with practical <br />experience that would be helpful and that I can rely on. While interns can be very good, I do not <br />consider myself to be in an environment that allows time for the development I would expect an <br />intern to need to be of help to me. The last intern that worked here was paid roughly $20,000 a <br />year. For that money, twice as much for someone with more experience would be a better buy. <br />For less than that, I would expect longevity in terms of months rather than years considering the <br />job environment that exists. <br />In conclusion, the Council may simply want to give more consideration to just what it wants <br />from the city administrator position. I propose the first option only because the work load <br />expectations seem generally to have been met with the existing formula. While typically there <br />seems to be more that either is expected, or more that can be done, my own effectiveness has to <br />be part of the equation. I do not believe that issue has been concluded necessarily by the <br />Council, which still has much discussion left to determine your own direction for city <br />government. In the over three years I have been here, the direction to reduce personnel or seek <br />efficiencies that result in those reductions have been brought before the Council with the <br />accompanying requests for direction staff feels will correspond to service levels. This is again <br />the case here, only this time I intend to be far more pressing about getting an answer if my job <br />performance is to be tied to this decision. <br />N:\DATA\USERS\JOANB.7-28 <br />