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Seat Pleasant mayor requests $5,000 staffing allocation and seeks clearer carryover for assistance
Summary
Mayor Porter asked the council to reallocate $5,000 to pay for an extra staff assistant for the mayor's office to help with events, business outreach and grant work, prompting council members to ask for more detailed cost breakdowns and offer alternatives including overtime or shifting duties to existing staff.
Mayor Porter asked the council to provide more paid assistance to the mayor's office, proposing a $5,000 allocation intended to be used toward additional staff support for events, business outreach and other mayoral duties.
Porter told the council that the city is growing and that he needs extra, day-to-day help to pursue grants, business development and planning: “I need the additional help… so that I can make sure that there's an allocation of monies for the additional assistance for me to have in the mayor's office,” Porter said.
Several council members expressed sympathy for the need while pushing for a…
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