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HR committee recommends reclassifying Miles City airport manager to nonexempt
Summary
At its Dec. 4, 2025 Human Resources Committee meeting, the City of Miles City committee recommended changing the Airport Manager position from exempt to nonexempt, citing that the manager performs duties comparable to roughly 2.5 employees and is part of the on‑call rotation; the change will be funded by the airport.
At the Dec. 4, 2025 meeting of the City of Miles City Human Resources Committee, the panel recommended reclassifying the airport manager position from exempt to nonexempt. The recommendation passed 3-0, with Council member Pulecio and Committee members Kassner and Bartholomew recorded as voting yes.
Mara Lovett, a staff member, explained the request to change the Airport Manager position from exempt to nonexempt. Airport Manager Jeff Lankau told the committee that the manager “does all of the same function as his 2.5 employees and is also in the on call rotation,” language reflected in the meeting minutes. Committee members asked questions about the change and were told the Airport Committee had already approved the reclassification and that the position’s cost would be borne by the airport budget rather than the city’s general fund.
The committee’s recorded action was a recommendation to reclassify the Airport Manager position; the minutes do not identify who made or seconded the motion. The committee voted in favor, with the minutes listing votes as "Voting Yea: Committee Member Pulecio, Committee Member Kassner, Committee Member Bartholomew." The minutes do not specify any dissenting or abstaining votes.
The meeting record does not list next procedural steps for the recommendation (for example, submission to the full council or formal personnel action). Following the vote, Council member Pulecio adjourned the meeting.
