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Council approves HR assistant job duties addition, employee promotion and 2025 salary resolution
Summary
Council approved adding human-resources duties to an existing payroll clerk position, promoted the incumbent (Tammy) and adopted a resolution setting 2025 wages based on the CPI-U figure cited in the budget; staff said no new FTE was created.
The City Council approved a change to a job description to add human-resources assistant duties to an existing payroll clerk position, approved the employee promotion tied to that change and adopted a resolution setting 2025 salaries and wages.
Staff described the change as an addition of specific tasks to the payroll clerk's responsibilities rather than creating a new full-time equivalent position. Duties to be added include processing workers' compensation claims, benefits administration and new-hire paperwork; the city will continue to use an alternative/consulting HR resource for recruitment, complex investigations and other functions that require specialized certification. Staff said training resources would be provided, including municipal HR training and support from the city attorney and the South Dakota Municipal League.
On pay, staff said the recommended step change for the incumbent would move the employee from a pay step described as "29.02" to "30.13," which staff estimated would be roughly a $2,500 annual increase. Councilors approved the job-description change and the promotion by voice vote.
Separately, the council approved Resolution 1-20-25 to set the 2025 salaries and wages. Staff said the budgeted wage increase was based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as of the budget reference date and that the council had used a CPI-U figure near 3% in setting the budget baseline.
Why it mattered: staff said workers' compensation claims and increased staffing levels made it practical to have some HR duties handled in-house to speed response times and reduce delays that occurred when relying solely on an outside consultant.
Outcome: Motions to approve the HR assistant job description, the specific employee promotion and the 2025 salaries and wages resolution were approved by the council.
Quotes from the meeting: "It's just adding those... duties. That's all it's adding to hers," staff said of the job-description change. "I thought it would be more; $2,500 is doable," a councilor said after discussing the pay step change.
Speakers cited in this article: - Tammy (employee, full name not specified), promoted employee - Brian, City staff - Council Members (multiple)
Topics: human-resources, employee-promotion, salaries
