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Resident urges using consulting offer to restore staff hours; council disputes severity of financial distress
Summary
A resident suggested applying assistant city administrator Jim Benton's earlier offer to serve without compensation toward restoring maintenance employees to 40 hours; council members said prior cuts were temporary, that the city's finances have stabilized, and no action was taken on reallocating funds.
Council considered an agenda item referencing a June 23 statement by Assistant City Administrator Jim Benton offering to serve in a consulting capacity without compensation. A resident urged the council to accept the offer or reallocate those resources to restore two maintenance employees to full 40-hour schedules or to road work.
"If Jim still stands by this offer, I would like to take that money to go and reinstating the 2 full time maintenance employees back to 40 hours or the money goes to the road," the resident said during the item. Council members clarified earlier in the year reductions had been temporary and tied to a short-term cash concern; staff reported that hours had been restored and that the perceived fiscal distress was a delta of a few months that has since been addressed.
Council took no formal action on reallocating funds in response to the offer; members expressed appreciation for staff and noted they value the work of existing employees and do not expect unpaid service to replace compensated work.
