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Council discusses keeping staff member on part time to support audit, some members express opposition
Summary
Council members discussed a consent-agenda item to retain a staff member, Hannah, on part time to assist with audit follow-up and train a new finance director; at least one member said they would not support the plan.
Council members discussed a consent-agenda item to keep Hannah on part time to respond to audit follow-up questions and to help train a newly hired finance director.
A council member said the arrangement would be “advantageous” to complete audit field work and to avoid overloading existing staff. The member noted audit follow-up can include dozens of emails and piecing together spreadsheets and that some questions require institutional knowledge.
Alex, a city staff member, told the council, “All hours put in will be logged. Everything will go through me. So I'll be overseeing that,” and said Hannah would focus on audit follow-up and training a new finance director if one is hired.
One council member said they had received calls opposing the continuation and stated, “I will not be voting in favor of it for my own reasons.” Council members said an interview for a finance director candidate was scheduled for Thursday.
Council members discussed timing, estimating audit follow-up and transition work could continue into mid‑June. No formal roll-call vote on the consent item was recorded in the transcript.
