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Personnel committee raises city-attorney salary cap to $150,000 after limited qualified applicants
Summary
The Personnel Committee voted to raise the posted salary cap for the City Attorney position to $150,000 and asked staff to continue candidate outreach; members cited a small applicant pool and limited municipal experience among applicants.
The Franklin Personnel Committee voted to increase the posted salary cap for the City Attorney vacancy to $150,000 and to continue recruitment efforts after staff reported a limited and unevenly qualified applicant pool.
The mayor briefed the committee on the hiring status and the need for "a qualified candidate to obviously move forward for the full time city attorney. It would be our only city attorney," and said he had counted eight applicants so far. Committee members asked where the job had been posted; staff said it was on the League of Wisconsin…
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