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Councihnelnber Cook suggested since the Fire Secretary and the CSO are being hired down the line, that they proceed with this recommendation and then discuss the Fire Secretary while they are going through budgets to determine if they want to change the Fire Secretary position to full time. City Administrator Norman indicated the Truth in Taxation Hearing will be held December 6th, and the adoption of the budget is on the schedule of the December 14th meeting. An addition like this to the budget could be taken from somewhere else in the budget or the Council Contingency Fund. Councillnember Cook stated they should be able to come up with a better way to budget the position than the Council Contingency Fund. Mayor Gamec requested Finance Officer Lund to look into this. Human Resources Manager Reed indicated this was a discussion item. On December 14th she will come back and ask to officially begin recruitment of the positions. 4) Consider Authorization to Hire a Human Resources Technician Human Resources Manager Reed reviewed that on September 28, 2004, staff was given authorization to hire a Human Resources Technician. The position was advertised and approximately 40 applications were received. Staff has conducted approximately 10 interviews and has made an offer. She is expecting an answer to the offer tomorrow morning. Staff is requesting authorization to hire a Human Resources Technician at an hourly wage not to exceed $17.69. If the offer is accepted the name would be brought to the next Council meeting, and if the offer is not accepted the offer would be made to the next person on the list. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to ratify the recommendation of the Personnel Committee for Case 4 to adopt Resolution #04-11-354 authorizing the hire of a Human Resources Technician at an hourly wage not to exceed $17.69. This appointment is contingent upon successful completion of criminal and driver's license background checks, reference checks, and passing a pre-employment physical and drug screen. All other personnel policies will apply normally. With Council approval, the selected candidate's start date will be on or near December 8, 2004. Further discussion: Councilmember Elvig asked if this pulls back in some of the Human Resource needs that were outsourced. City Administrator Norman replied the outsourcing was stopped about one year ago. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Cook, Elvig, Pearson, Strommen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. City Council/November 23, 2004 Page 7 of 17