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Lackawanna council approves HR manager job description after debate over duties and pay
Summary
Council approved a human-resources manager job description for a position budgeted in 2025–26 after members debated whether the city attorney’s prior HR duties and prior pay increases created duplication or a conflict. The motion passed 4–1 on roll call.
The city council voted to approve a human-resources manager job description for a position the council said was already included in the 2025–26 budget, following debate about duties, pay and potential conflict with the city attorney’s prior HR responsibilities.
The city attorney had requested council consideration of the job description. Several council members said the attorney previously performed HR duties and had received a salary increase; they questioned whether hiring a manager would duplicate services and whether funds were being spent twice for the same functions. "To have the city attorney charged with investigating, hearing the complaint, and then hearing the factual resolution...to me, is an obvious conflict," the Chair said when discussing separation of duties.
After discussion, a motion by Verano, seconded by Anderson, to approve the job description passed on a roll-call vote recorded in the transcript as 4–1 (McFlaughey recorded as voting no). Council members said that hiring and appropriation follow separate processes: approval of a job description does not itself appoint or appropriate salary until hiring action occurs in accordance with budget and residency rules.
