Agenda - Council - 08/24/2010 - Laserfiche WebLink

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PERS: y Opt CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER'S RESIGNATION, AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PROMOTE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ACCOUNTANT I POSITION TO SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AND TO BEGIN A RECRUITMENT TO REPLACE THE ACCOUNTANT I POSITION. By: Colleen Lasher, Interim Human Resources Representative Background On July 29, 2010, Assistant Finance Officer Sandy Carlson submitted a letter of resignation. Ms. Carlson's last day of employment with the City will be August 11, 2010. To encompass this resignation, the finance department is looking at a restructuring for the short-term. The Finance Officer is recommending that the position of Assistant Finance Officer not be filled at this time due to current budget constraints. It is intended that the position of the Senior Accountant will be reclassified to the position of Assistant Finance Officer as the required job skills & supervisory skills are demonstrated. The current position of Senior Accountant would be eliminated at this future date. To absorb a majority of the duties currently performed by the Assistant Finance Officer, it is requested that the city's current Accountant I position (Denelle McAlpine) be promoted to the title of Senior Accountant. Due to the internal promotion, the Accountant I position becomes vacant. For internal control purposes (mandated by the State Auditor) in having enough staff to oversee the financial transactions of the city, staff is proposing that the Accountant I position be filled. The proposed restructuring would present an overall cost savings to the city in an amount of approximately $30,000 After conducting a thorough needs analysis the Finance Officer recommends filling the Accountant I position immediately. Staff Recommendation Staff recommends that the City Council accept the resignation of Sandy Carlson, Assistant Finance Officer and promote Denelle McAlpine, the city's current Accountant I to Senior Accountant. The Senior Accountant's wage range would be $27.10 to $33.87 per hour with a starting wage of $27.10 which is step 1 of the wage scale. In addition, based on the attached needs analysis, staff further recommends that staff be authorized to begin the recruitment process to fill the Accountant I position at a wage range of $20.78 to $25.97 with a starting wage of $20.78 which is step 1 of the wage scale. Funding Source The Accountant I position is included in the General Fund (70%) and Enterprise (30%) Budgets. For calendar year 2011, the resignation of the Assistant Finance Officer, the promotion of the current Accountant I to Senior Accountant and the recruitment of a new Accountant I, will result in an approximate net cost savings of $30,000 for personnel in the Finance Department.