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Council president seeks job postings for three school committee appointees; committee tables detailed ordinance work
Summary
The Personnel Committee approved creating and posting three job descriptions for prospective school committee appointees (education, finance, legal) but tabled final ordinance and benefit-package decisions pending HR and ordinance-committee work.
Council President Giovanni Rodriguez asked the Personnel Committee to develop and post three job descriptions for the positions the council will appoint to the school committee: education, finance and legal. The committee voted to take items 89-25, 90-25 and 91-25 as a block, and later voted to table the items while staff and committee chairs complete related ordinance and benefits work.
Rodriguez said the council needs job postings that spell out required qualifications so the council can assemble a pool of candidates to interview and appoint. "Essentially what we should do as a council is to ensure that we develop those job postings as it is going to be required for us to have candidates to interview and go through the process for the school committee members," Rodriguez told the committee.
Committee members and staff discussed related work on a benefits package that would cover appointees and elected members. Rodriguez said he envisions a benefits package similar to what city council members receive but acknowledged the salary and benefits language still requires ordinance work. Several members warned that if postings go out before the ordinance on compensation is finalized, the job descriptions should state that benefit details are subject to change.
The committee voted to take the three postings as a block on a motion by Councilor Santiago, seconded by Councilor Levy, and later voted to table the items to allow HR and the city attorney to draft job descriptions and coordinate with the ordinance committee on compensation language. The committee asked HR to prepare drafts and to post positions six months ahead of anticipated interviews so applicants have ample time to apply.
Members also discussed timing relative to the November election: Rodriguez suggested keeping applications open through November so appointed and elected members can be coordinated and begin work together in January. No final ordinance or compensation vote was taken by the committee; those issues remain pending with the ordinance committee and HR.
