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Board hears plan to split city clerk and finance-manager duties, council recommended Sandy Wagner
Summary
City staff told the Eldridge City Utility Board the council recommended appointing Sandy Wagner to a combined city clerk/finance-manager role; the proposal would preserve Wagner’s utility administrative responsibilities while shifting some duties to a future entry-level hire with salary costs split between the city and utility.
The Eldridge City Utility Board received an update on a proposed reorganization of the city clerk and finance-manager functions that the city council recommended filling internally with Sandy Wagner.
"The recommendation was to fill that role with an internal employee and that employee being the recommendation was for that to be Sandy Wagner," a staff member said, noting the council approved the recommendation. Under the plan Wagner would continue to attend utility-board meetings and handle capital-improvement planning, budgeting and compliance duties for the utility while taking on citywide financial responsibilities including bank reconciliation and daily financial operations. The staff member said the city would pay about 50% of the salary that was previously paid by the utility, yielding a net cost-savings for the utility board.
Board members asked for clarification on how workloads would be realigned and when an entry-level replacement would be hired. "We’ll hold off on that for a little bit, and let all of these duties get realigned...and then we’ll determine at that point what that entry-level...would be doing," the staff member said. The staff member added that the wage and budget for a future hire are not yet specified and would be discussed later with both boards once duties are defined.
Members emphasized the desire for a smooth transition. The staff member characterized the approach as a cost-saving measure that also retains administrative continuity: "She’ll still be performing the same role that she does for the aspect of the utility board...but the difference that you’ll see is the split for the salary you’ll be paying 0.5 of what she worked before." The board took the update for consideration and no formal board action was required at the meeting.
The board is expected to revisit staffing and budget implications at a later meeting when the scope and wage for any new hire are known.
