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Motion by Mayor Gamec and seconded by Couneilmember Beyer to recommend that City Council direct the Planning Commission interview panel to complete the interviews as originally planned and forward to the City Council a recommendation to fill the remaining Planning Commission vacancy. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec and C~uncilmember Beyer. Voting No: None. Absent: None. Case #2: Accept Resignation of Finance Officer Administrative Services Manager Waite Smith stated that Finance Officer Jessie Hart is resigning to take a position with another community. Her last day in the office will be March 27, 1998. Ms. Waite Smith asked for a recommendation for Council to accept Ms. Hart's resignation, effective March 31, 1998, and to authorize staff to begin the process to fill the Finance Officer position. She presented copies of the current job descr/ption, a proposed timeline, a copy of the job ad, and a list of publications to advertise the opening. As was previously authorized, staff hired a consultant to research and recommend a compensation plan for the City's positions. That same consultant has been asked to give a salary range for this position. The current range is $52,500 to $60,000 and the current Finance Officer is m'~king almost $54,000. Ms. Waite Smith asked that the Personnel Committee also recommend that Senior Accountant Diana Lund be appointed Acting Finance Officer, effective March 30, 1998, until a new Finance Officer is appointed, and that she be compensated midway between her own current salary and that of the Finance Officer. This would be $45,816, or about $305 per pay period. This was figured using the same formula as was used recently to establish the compensation for the Acting City Administrator. Ms. Waite Smith reported that Ms. Lund had been planning to take a vacation but is requesting that the vacation accruaI limit be waived temporarily so she does not lose the vacation time she has on the books. The last request is to authorize hiring a temporary employee experienced in accounting, to assist the Finance Department while Ms. Lund is serving as the Acting Finance Officer. Councilmember Haas Steffen wanted to make certain that if the vacation accrual limit is waived, that it be documented that the reason is for the year end reports to be completed on time for the State. Motion by Mayor Gamec and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to recommend Council accept Ms. Harris resignation, effective March. 31, 1998, authorize staff to begin the process to fill the Finance Officer position, recommend that Council adopt the resolution naming Senior Accountant Diana Lurid the Acting Finance Officer, effective March 30, 1998, until a new Finance Officer is appointed, that Ms. Lund's compensation as Acting Finance Officer be established at $45,816 on an annualized basis, that the waiver of vacation accrual limit for Diana Lund be waived while she is serving as Acting Finance Officer and that staffbe allowed to hire a temporary employee experienced in accounting, to assist the Finance Department while the Senior Accountant is serving as the Acting Finance Officer. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmember Beyer. Voting No: None. Personnel Committee/March 24, 1998 Page 2 of 3 I I i I I I