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cAs # fL ¢ ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR Linda Waite Smith, Administrative Services Manager Background: On August 2l, 1997, City Administrator Ryan Schroeder announced his resignation to take a position as City Administrator of Cottage Grove, MN. The Cottage Grove City Council would like Mr. Schroeder to assume his duties on September 29, 1997. In view of these developments, the Ramsey City Council needs to accept Mr. Schroeder's resignation, decide whether or not to waive the 60-day notice-of-resignation clause in his employment agreement, appoint an acting City Administrator until a new City Administrator can be recruited and hired, and establish the salary for the Acting City Adminstrator. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends that the Personnel Committee take the following actions: 1. Recommend that City Council accept Mr. Schroeder's resignation, effective September 26, 1997. 2. Recommend that City Council waive the 60-day notice-of-resignation requirement in Mr. Schroeder's current employment agreement, inasmuch as he has provided as much notice as possible, given the requirements of his prospective employer. 3. Recommend that City Council accept Mr. Schroeder's recommendation and approve the attached resolution naming Administrative Services Manager Linda Waite Smith Acting City Administrator, effective September 27, 1997, until a new City Administrator is appointed. 4. Recommend that City Council accept Mr. Schroeder's recommendation to compensate Ms. Waite Smith at a rate midway between her current salary and the current salary of the City Administrator. This is $56,380 on an annualized basis, which amounts to $370 per pay period during the time she serves as Acting City Administrator. Recently the City Council appointed as Acting Police Chief, an employee whose salary was already above the minimum for the salary range for the Police Chief position. In that case, the Council granted the Acting Police Chief a salary increase of 5% of the'minimum of the Police Chief's salary range. In this case, the minimum of the salary range for the City Administrator position is $59,535, which is significantly higher than the current salary of the Administrative Services Manager. The City Administrator and Administrative Services Manager are jointly recommending that the Acting City Administrator be paid a salary that is midway