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Committee hears landfill staffing recategorization and an appointment to Cook Inlet advisory board
Summary
The mayor introduced a resolution to recategorize a Homer Landfill lead-operator position into a landfill manager administrative-service post (intended to be revenue neutral), and the committee heard a separate resolution to confirm Grace Marcus as liaison to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Board; no committee votes were recorded.
The committee considered a personnel-focused resolution (Resolution 2026-014) to recategorize an existing full-time lead operator at the Homer Landfill into a landfill manager administrative-service position. Acting Solid Waste Director Eric Klervig said the change is intended to align the role with current responsibilities, enable cross-training with the incumbent lead operator (Jim, who has 25 years of experience), and to be revenue neutral in the midterm because salary steps differ by incumbency and hiring scale. Assemblymember Dunn asked for clarification on salary differences and how recategorization would remain revenue neutral; staff reiterated the expectation but said longer-term salary adjustments could change costs.
Separately, Resolution 2026-012 was introduced to confirm the appointment of Grace Marcus to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Board as the assembly liaison; President Tunstead said Marcus has acted in the liaison role and is willing to continue. The committee did not record votes on either resolution in the meeting transcript.
