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Council tables facilities-director proposal, approves water-division staffing change
Summary
Councilors tabled a proposal to create a director of facilities position pending job-description clarifications and approved replacing the water treatment supervisor with an assistant manager role, which the city manager said would not increase headcount and would yield modest ongoing savings.
Councilors debated two personnel items from the personnel committee during the meeting.
Item 13 proposed creating a director of facilities to provide departmental leadership and succession planning. Vice Chair Kirsten Meissner and other councilors said they were not present at the committee meeting and asked for more discussion about whether the second role should require additional trade or technical experience. After discussion, a motion to table the item was made and seconded; council voted to table Item 13 for further review.
Item 14 would replace the existing water treatment supervisor position with an assistant manager for the water division. City Manager Brian Daniels said the change is a replacement rather than a net new position and that the fiscal effect would be modest—he estimated ongoing savings on the order of roughly $6,000–$7,000 based on current vacancy and salary steps. Councilors asked clarifying questions about how the position would be reflected in future budget books and whether the zeroed-out position would reappear; the manager said it would likely remain zeroed out. The motion to adopt Item 14 was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The council did not approve Item 13 and requested additional conversation about job descriptions and structure before returning to the matter.
