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Ithaca council approves organizational-development post, appoints HR director and ratifies firefighter agreement
Summary
At a June 10 special meeting the Ithaca Common Council created a director of organizational development, appointed Dr. Kahar Khan to that role, waived a search to appoint Jamie Flynn as human-resources director, and approved a tentative agreement with the Ithaca Professional Firefighters Association; all votes were unanimous.
The Ithaca Common Council on June 10 unanimously adopted several personnel and labor measures, creating a director of organizational development post and appointing Dr. Kahar Khan to the position.
The resolution establishing the organizational-development program says the role will focus on staff alignment with policy goals, workforce capacity building, operational effectiveness and leadership coaching. The resolution moved immediately to add the position to the funded roster and describes a staffing realignment intended to offset costs.
In a related personnel action the council invoked a charter provision to waive a full competitive search and appointed Jamie Flynn, who had been serving as acting human-resources director since December 2025, to the permanent director of human-resources position effective immediately following the vote. The appointment was recorded with a managerial compensation step and grade as read into the record.
Council members then voted unanimously to approve the terms of a tentative agreement between the city and the Ithaca Professional Firefighters Association (IPFA) and the Chief Officers Unit. The resolution authorizes the city manager, with the city attorney's advice, to amend existing agreements to incorporate the TA and to execute the resulting amended contracts after the unions execute them.
Mayor (unnamed in the transcript) read the resolutions into the record and motions to adopt were seconded and carried without objection. The measures were presented as administrative steps to stabilize leadership, implement an organizational-development agenda, and complete a labor contract; no dissent was recorded.
