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<br />Item No: 5 <br />Meeting Date: June 2, 2014 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Proposed Revisions to the Economic Development <br />Specialist Position Description <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Staff advertised to fill the vacant Economic Development Specialist position and <br />interviewed candidates. Second interviews were conducted and an offer was extended to <br />the identified top candidate. The candidate ultimately rejected the City’s offer, leaving us to <br />re-evaluate the process and consider changes to the position to better match our <br />expectations. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />It became clear during the interview process that some of the tasks and responsibilities <br />which we felt were critical to the position were not expressly articulated in the job <br />description. Duties such as marketing, communications, social media outreach and web <br />development were under-emphasized in the existing description if mentioned at all. <br />Conversely, given the limited availability of developable land in the community, certain <br />other tasks and duties were agreed to be less important. With these points in mind, draft <br />revisions to the Economic Development Specialist position were presented to the Economic <br />Development Commission on May 23, 2014. The Commission agreed with the revisions <br />and supported the re-naming of the position to Business Development Coordinator. The <br />Commission and Staff believe that a position focused on matters of business development <br />and business retention would be more consistent with the community’s present needs. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff requests the City Council review the proposed changes and offer any additional <br />revisions that might be necessary. If the Council is in agreement with the changes, staff <br />would plan to present the job description for approval at an upcoming meeting along with <br />authorization to re-advertise to fill the position. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator