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Council discusses water tank repair, reduced staff hours and flea-market management
Summary
Councilors reported a repaired water tank, announced that a staffer (Armstrong) will reduce hours and that a city-clerk posting will follow, and opened a public workshop plan to address flea-market management and staffing impacts.
S2 reported that a leak in a new water tank had been fixed — staff said a specialist was flown in to replace a loose bolt — and that the new tank will come online once remaining work is complete. The council then discussed personnel changes: Armstrong will reduce his hours and shift to part-time work on grants and cemetery coordination, and the council will post a job for a new city clerk to cover remaining duties.
Members also discussed the administrative burden of running the flea market: high call volumes, staff time spent answering frequent questions, and impacts on regular duties. S2 said the council will hold an open workshop (tentatively Nov. 7) for community input on management alternatives and asked residents to bring ideas. "Armstrong wants to work less hours. So he's going to come part time working on large part grants, the cemetery, other, research," S2 said. The council did not take formal personnel action at the meeting but directed staff to prepare a job description and workshop logistics.
