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::rpt? ; CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW Agenda Section REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: wag 7 owno; STAFF REPORT Report Date: 11/8/96 ham + ik COUNCIL MEETING DATE Special Order of Bus. ,per°'Fess•Pasi„e November 12, 1996 X Consent Agenda Public Hearings Council Business Item Description: Classification of Director of Economic Development and Resolution 5032 Executive Director's Review/Recommendation: - -No Comments to supplement this report -Comments attached. Explanation/Summary(attach supplement sheets as necessary) Summary: Two weeks ago this item was on the agenda and pulled off because the job description was not included in the Council packets. The item was again discussed during the November 4 work session and I will give a short review of this request again here. This reclassification is a result of my attempt to reorganize the administrative and finance departments and accommodate the personnel now with the City. Council will recall that Michelle Chambers was not replaced when she left, and at that point I wanted to reevaluate staffing levels and organization. My long term proposal is to combine the personnel of the two departments, name the Finance Director as the department head, not replace or promote administrative intern Dawn Weitzel upon her departure, and add some personnel responsibility to Cathy Bennett as EDA Director. This is that request. The strength of the request is to place Ms. Bennett in a backup personnel position to my own, to clarify roles and positions within the department, and when all is said and done, reduce personnel costs in this department. The weaknesses currently are in the final and practical determination of the percentage of her time that will go to this personnel responsibility. That determination will at some point necessitate an appropriate general fund allocation to the position, whereas now her duties are strictly TIF funded. I do not see a need to address this at this point, and can revisit the topic after she returns from her leave and we have some working time with this approach to determine the time devoted to non-TIF work. To complete the reorganization, when the administrative intern position is vacant, I will be requesting the hiring of an office secretary to assist the department with their work. I will also need to address the administrative aide position which took on new responsibilities after Michelle left. In all this still will be a reduction of one in the department's personnel. This is the context under which this request is being made. Council will note the change in title as well to Director of Economic Development in the resolution and job description. Chuck Whiting, City A ministrator RECOMMENDATION: Approval of Resolution No. 5032