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Item No. 08F <br />Meeting Date: July 25, 2005 <br />Type of Business:CB <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 6582 Appointing a <br />Finance Director/Treasurer <br />Date of Report: July 25, 2005 <br /> <br />Upon direction from the City Council to proceed with hiring for the Finance <br />Director position, staff advertised the Finance Director position and interviewed <br />two qualified candidates with a committee consisting of Mounds View <br />Department Heads and the Finance Director from Blaine. The Mayor and each <br />Council Member also interviewed each candidate independently. <br /> <br />Both candidates are qualified to fill the position. The City Council directed staff to <br />offer the position to Mr. Beer subject to Council ratification. Mr. Mark Beer has a <br />Bachelors of Science degree in accounting and Business administration with an <br />emphasis in finance. He also holds accreditation as a Certified Public <br />Accountant (CPA). He has 18 years of experience working for the Office of the <br />Minnesota State Auditor in a number of local government assignments. <br /> <br />Based on how closely Mr. Beer’s experience in the financial field and his current <br />salary and position at the State staff recommends that the City Council approve <br />hiring Mr. Beer for the position of Finance Director at a starting annual salary of <br />$67,246.40 (Step 2) with an increase to Step 3 (currently $71,219.20) in 6 <br />months pending a satisfactory performance evaluation and an increase to Step 4 <br />one year from the start date, and Step 5 two years from the start date, pending a <br />satisfactory performance evaluation. <br /> <br /> Staff recommends that the Council allow Mr. Beer to accrue vacation at a rate of <br />three weeks annually. It is further recommended that Mr. Beer be granted leave <br />without pay for a previously committed vacation planned for September 8-18, <br />2005, subject to his utilization of any applicable leave time accumulated to that <br />date. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />• Adopt Resolution 6582 Appointing Mark C. Beer as the City’s Finance <br />Director/Treasurer <br /> <br />