Council approves clerk job description, grants 19 hours of interview comp time and orders return to office

A personnel dispute over the Clerk of Council's duties, comp‑time accounting and whether the clerk should take on Parks & Rec responsibilities dominated the latter portion of the meeting. Councilor Royal Mayo raised concerns about alleged unilateral changes and what he described as inconsistent comp‑time accounting. Mr. Mayo said he believed comp time had not been properly compensated and that the clerk should not take on Parks & Rec duties.

Council then voted to enter executive session "to consider employment compensation of public employee or a public official, especially the Clerk of Council." After the executive session, Council adopted a motion that "the clerk gets 19 hours to use at her leisure" (motion by Mr. McManamon; second by Mr. Gorman) and approved the job description marked as Exhibit A. Council also voted to require the clerk to return to working in the office on April 27. The motions carried by roll call votes with recorded ayes and at least one no vote on the job description.

Provenance: Extensive discussion and motions were recorded during miscellaneous reports, executive session motion and post‑session actions.