Council restores assistant finance director post, approves job description and renews cyber insurance

The Municipality of Murrysville on June 17 approved an amended 2025 salary ordinance that restores the assistant finance director position and subsequently approved a job description for the role, which staff said will allow a qualified candidate to start next week. Council also approved renewal of a one‑year cyber insurance policy for $5,618.

Council moved and passed Ordinance No. 11O3‑25 to add the assistant finance director and a lieutenant position back into the 2025 salary ordinance. A staff explanation noted the assistant finance director role had been removed earlier in the year when the municipality did not plan to fill the position; recruitment for a fiscal assistant produced a candidate that met the criteria for reactivation of the grade‑6 position.

Council then approved the updated job description for the assistant finance director, which staff described as narrowing succession‑planning language and positioning the role between the fiscal assistant and the finance director. Staff indicated the incoming hire would begin on Monday.

Separately, staff recommended renewal of the municipality’s one‑year cyber insurance policy with Traveler’s Insurance for the fiscal year beginning Aug. 1, 2025, and ending July 31, 2026, at a premium of $5,618. A staff speaker said the general fund had budgeted $6,500 for the policy and that the renewal was slightly under that allocation.

Both the ordinance amendment and the insurance renewal were approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition.