Mayor announces new executive assistant and athletics administrator amid staff changes

The mayor announced multiple staffing changes and hires during Clay’s March 10 meeting, telling council members she had appointed a city engineer on an as‑needed professional‑services basis, changed Mr. Collins’s status from city administrator to a part‑time remote accountant (capped at 10 hours per week) and hired new personnel to support administrative and athletics operations.

The mayor said Mr. Collins had ‘‘stepped away’’ from the city‑administrator role but agreed to serve as a part‑time accountant from home. Council members questioned whether the prior ordinance that named him should be rescinded or amended to reflect the new arrangement; council agreed staff could draft language for a future meeting.

The mayor also said she had hired Brad Watson as executive assistant to support administrative coordination, communications and operations; she described Watson as a full‑time salaried position covered within the current budget. She named Jeremy Winder as a part‑time athletics administrator and said Winder had volunteered for five years in youth sports.

Councilors asked for private, written details of salaries and position descriptions so they could reconcile the hires with the city budget; the mayor said she would provide required salary amounts to council confidentially and that the hires fit within existing budget lines.

Next steps: staff will prepare documentation clarifying Collins’s status, provide salary/position information to council members, and, if necessary, draft an amendment or resolution for a future meeting.