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Council approves staffing and budget transfers to add two mayor’s‑office positions

2220272 · February 5, 2025
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Summary

Council voted unanimously to transfer existing salary budgets between departments to fund two mayor's‑office positions for the remainder of the fiscal year, adding a deputy CAO and a chief executive assistant to the staffing document.

The council approved an ordinance at the Feb. 4 meeting to amend the fiscal‑year budget and the staffing document to add two positions in the mayor’s office, with the stated intent to fund them from existing budgets in other departments and to be budget‑neutral for the current year.

Finance Director Justin Sorensen explained the proposal would reallocate unspent salary budget from existing vacant positions across several departments to cover roughly $241,000 of expected wage costs for the remainder of the fiscal year. Sorensen said the reallocation…

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