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Council flags payroll and accounting staffing gaps; seeks options including outsourcing and new hire
Summary
Councilmembers raised concerns about concentrating payroll duties on a single staff member and staff bandwidth for Clark Nuber accounting requests, and discussed that new position descriptions would need Teamsters review before changes are implemented.
Councilmember Taylor said it is “very hard for one staff member to do all of this” after describing payroll duties concentrated on a single employee; she proposed having two staff available to perform payroll so a second check could confirm calculations and payments. Councilmembers agreed to explore payroll outsourcing options as an interim step while evaluating staffing needs.
On accounting, Taylor said Clark Nuber’s requests for journal adjustments and documents have increased staff workload; she recommended hiring someone with accounting and data‑entry experience. City Attorney Norton reminded the Council that current job descriptions fall under the Teamsters bargaining agreement and any rewritten descriptions would need Council and Teamsters review before implementation.
