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Ultimately, City Hall would be closed December 24th and December 27th for Christmas Eve and Christmas. In addition, New Year's Day 2005 is a paid holiday for City of Ramsey employees, which falls on a Saturday this year. According to language in the labor agreement bet~veen the City and AFSCME, AFSCME employees will be taking their paid holiday on Friday, December 31, 2004. Staff is requesting that non-union employees also be granted a paid holiday on Friday, December 31,2004. This will require that the City Council close City Hall on Friday, December 31, 2004. The recommendation of the Personnel Committee was to close City Hall Friday, December 24, 2004 and Monday, December 27, 2004 for the Christmas Eve and Christmas holidays, and close City Hall Friday, December 31, 2004 for the New Year's Day 2005 holiday. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Pearson, to ratify the recommendation of the Personnel Committee in Cases 1 and 2 adopting Resolution #04-11-352 reappointing Commissioners Kiefer, Steffen and Riley to the EDA to a term expiring December 31,2008, and Resolution #04-11-353 closing City Hall Friday, December 24, 2004 and Monday, December 27, 2004 for the Christmas Eve and Christmas holidays, and close City Hall Friday, December 31, 2004 for the New Year's Day 2005 holiday. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Pearson, Cook, Elvig, Strommen, and Zimmennan. Voting No: None. 3) Discussion Regarding Filling New Positions Human Resources Manager Reed reviewed that there was consensus by the Council to create sevcral new staff positions. Staff would like direction on which positions the Council would like to see filled in the beginning of the year, and which positions should be filled mid-year. It was her understanding that the Council wanted to hold some positions until June of 2005. The Human Resources Technician was already recruited, and one patrol officer has been hired. The recommendation of the Personnel Committee was to move forward with the following positions as early as possible: Asst. Finance Officer (1 FTE) Building Inspector (2 FTEs) Patrol Officer (2 FTEs - 1 hire remaining) Public Works Maintenance Worker (2 FTEs) Human Resources Manager Reed explained the recommendation of the Personnel Committee was that the remaining two positions of the CSO Officer and Fire Secretary would be phased in as soon as time and staff energy allows. Mayor Gamec suggested the work of the Fire Secretary could be combined with a Public Works position. He stated he thinks they could give better response to residents if there is an employee available full time to answer a lot of the calls. He feels a full time person needs to be worked into the budget. City Council/November 23, 2004 Page 6 of 17