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Personnel committee amends court-staff ordinance, votes 3-2 to abolish small-claims administrator
Summary
At a Feb. 17 personnel committee meeting, Judge Stansbury presented ordinance 2609 proposing several municipal-court staffing changes and modest pay increases; after debate about unfunded positions the committee amended the ordinance to abolish the small-claims administrator position and forwarded the amended ordinance to full council on a 3-2 vote; the committee then voted to enter executive session on a personnel matter.
The Personnel Committee reviewed Ordinance 2609, a proposed amendment to municipal court position tables that would abolish one court-security bailiff classification, create one bailiff classification, create one magistrate administrative assistant classification, and set compensation changes.
Judge Stansbury described the restructuring as recognition of added duties for existing staff and said the added compensation would be "just shy of $7,400 for an entire year" for one position and "just shy of $6,900" for the other. The judge described the change as a response to increased magistrate workloads and to provide administrative support.
Council members questioned the decision to keep an existing small-claims administrator position unfunded rather than abolish it. One council member said, "I can't support without abolishing a position," and noted a council preference to avoid leaving unfunded positions on the books. After discussion, a motion to amend the ordinance to abolish the small-claims administrator position was moved and seconded; the amendment passed on a 3-2 voice vote and the ordinance, as amended, was forwarded to full council.
At the close of the meeting the committee voted to enter executive session to discuss a personnel matter and named who should attend (all of council, the mayor, law director and assistant, auditor, HR director, service director, safety director, economic development director and two additional staff members).
