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Clear Lake council approves two midlevel management positions for finance and building services
Summary
The council adopted Resolution No. 2025-33 to establish a building services manager and a finance manager position; staff said the building role will be created by reclassifying an existing management-analyst position and the finance manager is intended to reduce consultant costs and support long-term financial stability.
Clear Lake — The Clear Lake City Council voted unanimously to approve two new midlevel management positions — a building services manager and a finance manager — intended to strengthen departmental operations and reduce reliance on external consultants.
Director Swanson presented the proposal and said, “Staff is requesting your approval of resolution number 2025-33, which would establish two new mid level management positions, a building services manager and a finance manager. This is critical to strengthening our departmental operations, ensuring our fiscal financial stability, and improving service to the community.”
Swanson told the council the building services manager would provide administrative oversight for the building department, assist with enforcement of building codes, and supervise staff; the position’s first-year cost was estimated at about $77,000 but that cost is expected to be offset by reduced consultant hours and new revenues from the rental-registration program and building permits. The finance manager will oversee daily financial operations, manage grants and coordinate the annual external audit; staff said the finance-manager salary and duties were set using regional benchmarks and that the position should reduce contract-consultant costs.
Staff described the building-services post as a reclassification of an existing management-analyst position; that analyst position would not be refilled and some duties would shift to the finance manager, limiting net staffing increases. Vice Mayor Slooten moved to approve Resolution No. 2025-33 (with a corrective date of Sept. 18); Council Member Hooton seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Staff said funding for the positions would come from anticipated revenue increases (rental-registration fees, building permit revenue) and reduced consultant expenditures; the city will monitor impacts on consultant costs and report back as part of budget oversight.
