Police director proposes new scheduling/office clerk position with $47,008–$70,000 salary range

Director Richardson presented a proposed new police department scheduling/office clerk position (resolution 11j) at the Jan. 5 Common Council questions-to-directors workshop, describing it as an administrative role to handle scheduling, private-duty billing, invoicing and database recordkeeping.

"The duties being, along the lines of, more financial database input and record keeping of our private duty billing and invoicing," Director Richardson said, describing the position as an expansion of prior administrative work in professional standards. She stated the proposed annual salary range as "$47,007.98 to a max of $70,000." The director said the starting salary would be lower for an external hire and would depend on whether the role is filled internally.

Council members asked whether the existing administrative position would be eliminated; Richardson said it would remain and that this is an additional position. She confirmed the existing post is vacant and that the city would advertise the new position only after council approval. Council members also discussed how the proposed post fits into the Baker Tilly classification study; Richardson said salary grade and bargaining considerations would be handled after the council approves a version of the proposal and that adjustments would proceed through impact bargaining and the Baker Tilly rubric.

Why it matters: the position affects police-department administrative capacity, private-duty billing oversight and budget planning. The council did not vote on the resolution during the workshop; next steps include incorporating the position into classification and bargaining processes if the council approves the job description.