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Gunnison council ends recorder's contract at expiration, approves merit increase and reorganization
Summary
The Gunnison City Council voted to let the recorder's salaried contract expire and convert the role to hourly, approved a 3% merit increase contingent on certification, and approved a reorganization affecting the librarian, facilities maintenance and finance assistant; all recorded motions passed unanimously.
GUNNISON — The Gunnison City Council voted during a 10:15 a.m. session to allow the recorder’s salaried contract to end at its scheduled expiration and to convert the position to hourly pay, and the council approved a 3% merit increase for the recorder contingent on certification. The council also approved a reorganization affecting the librarian, facilities maintenance and a finance assistant position.
Councilman Crane moved ‘‘we terminate the contract for the recorder at the date that it expires and execute the letter from the attorney,’’ a motion identified in the record as moved by Crane and seconded by Councilwoman Hill. The council discussed the employee’s preference to move to hourly pay; one member said the recorder ‘‘believed that she could make more money on [an] hourly basis with overtime than she was making on the salary.’’ Council members recorded that the recorder will remain an hourly employee. The motion passed on a unanimous roll call as recorded in the minutes.
Later, Councilman Warner moved that the council honor a 3% merit increase ‘‘as part of the prior contract’’ if the recorder meets the required certification. Council members discussed timing for the increase, with options raised including an effective date of July 1 or becoming effective once the certification is received. The council approved the merit increase unanimously on the recorded vote.
Councilman Warner also moved to approve a reorganization ‘‘regarding the librarian, the facilities maintenance, and finance Assistant’’ as the council had discussed; that motion was seconded and approved on a roll call. Members asked staff to prepare the paperwork and formal approvals needed to implement the reorganization.
The meeting record shows that votes taken on the motions were unanimous in the portions of the record that list roll-call responses. The transcript records yes votes by the members identified in the roll calls as Childs, Warner, Crane and Hill; the record does not include a complete roll call for all seats or first names for all members.
The council adjourned after approving the personnel items and the reorganization. Staff were asked to prepare the reorganization documentation and any follow-up letters described in the meeting record.
