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Mounds View City Council September 26, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 16 City Administrator Ulrich clarified that the recommendation is not based on Stanton because this 1 type of position and this breadth of duties does not exist in the standard group of six cities. It is 2 looking at the total market and what the salary range would be across different cities for a job of 3 this type. He stated that Councilmember Stigney is correct that the Human Resources Committee 4 has made a commitment to look at the salary structure based not solely on Stanton 6 but different 5 combinations of cities to determine what would be the best structure for Mounds View. At this 6 time, this salary level is irrespective of Stanton 6 but fits within jobs performed doing similar 7 work at other cities regardless of the Stanton group they fall into. 8 9 Councilmember Stigney stated he does not agree with all of those statements and does not see 10 where overnight this job creates a $9,000 increase in salary, especially when you have not 11 compared against comparable cities based on tax base, which the Human Resources Committee 12 is working on. He noted if the action is postponed it allows time for the Human Resources 13 Committee to make that comparison. 14 15 SECOND: /Marty for discussion purposes. 16 17 Mayor Marty stated it is not creating a new job because this job has been here for years. The new 18 job was created in 2000 or 2001 to change the Assistant City Administrator position to be 19 Assistant to the City Administrator. The position has been vacant since 2002 and Ms. Crane has 20 been doing the job since that time. 21 22 City Administrator Ulrich pointed out that if talking about replacing the job vacated in 2002, that 23 job is yet another step above this job, or an additional $20,000 more than this recommendation. 24 The recommendation puts the position at a level commensurate with the job responsibilities at 25 this time. 26 27 Councilmember Thomas stated this position replaced the job before that one was elevated. She 28 suggested this is a different position even though the same title so it is creating a new job 29 position. Councilmember Thomas stated this is the salary rate and the question is whether it is 30 fair to pay Ms. Crane for what she does. That is the decision to be made, whether or not it is 31 creating another job. 32 33 Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, stated the Charter requires this position and the City 34 Administrator is authorized to appoint that position. He stated when the Charter was written it 35 looked at staffing and a weakness was an overextending of the chief officer. This provision was 36 written into the Charter in 1980, that the Administrator had the authority to appoint an assistant 37 with the approval of the Council. 38 39 Councilmember Stigney stated his concern is not the title of the job but the enumeration being 40 paid whether Stanton has the position or not. He stated the position should be based on tax 41 capacity of comparable cities rather than proceeding at this time. Councilmember Stigney stated 42 that Ms. Crane is the perfect person to fill the position but that is not the issue. 43 44