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Council revises salary-administration rules, adds council oversight for position transfers
Summary
Wasilla adopted an amended Ordinance Serial Number 25-02 changing the municipal salary-administration plan to require council approval for transferring or retitling positions between departments and clarify where the rule will be codified in Title 5.
The Wasilla City Council adopted an amended Ordinance Serial Number 25-02 that changes the municipal salary administration plan to clarify how positions are created, retitled or transferred and to require council approval for transfers between departments.
Council Member Graham moved an amendment that directs the city clerk to relocate the proposed section to Title 5 and to strike language requiring a division for police personnel transfers. The amendment also states that new positions shall only be established in the annual budget or through the appropriation process and that no position shall be transferred or retitled to another department without prior approval of the council by resolution.
Council members debated wording around “create/retitle/transfer” and the practical effect of council authority versus the budget process. City attorneys and staff advised that council authority effectively comes through budget approvals and that administration still handles job descriptions, grades and hiring; council approval would be required when changes affect the budget or require a formal transfer between departments.
The council voted to adopt the ordinance as amended by unanimous roll call. The chair and city attorney said the clerk will work with the attorney to place the new provision into an appropriate section of Title 5.
