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Mayor Pro Tem Riley asked if there were questions from Council. <br /> Councilmember Heineman asked what is the current pay that the prior City Administrator was <br /> receiving and what the proposed pay would be in hiring either Mr.Mark Korin or Mr. Brian Hagen. <br /> He asked what the difference would be. <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher replied regarding the amount of savings upon the <br /> departure of City Administrator Ulrich, that step one of the hiring range is $62.08 an hour. That <br /> amount is 80% of the full range. She stated City Administrator Ulrich was at the top of a six-step <br /> scale. <br /> Finance Director Lund corrected that City Administrator Ulrich was on step five. <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher agreed, stating City Administrator Ulrich was on step five <br /> because there was a market rate adjustment. <br /> Councilmember Heineman asked what the dollar amount was between step one and step five. He <br /> asked if it was a$20,000 difference a year or more. <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher replied she believed it would be $25,825. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley asked if there were any other questions. There were none. <br /> Staff and Council discussed the pros and cons of the two candidates. <br /> Councilmember Heineman suggested hiring Mr. Hagen as the City Administrator and use the <br /> $25,000 cost savings from the difference in pay from Mr. Ulrich's departure to contract Mr. Korin <br /> to be in a de-facto part-time position to use his skills to give guidance and balance the books until <br /> Mr. Hagen gets established in his new position. <br /> Councilmember Specht asked if he meant the suggestion was to hire Mr. Korin as a consultant. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley replied that is the suggestion that can be discussed further if others want to. <br /> Mayor Kuzma was not supportive of hiring Mr. Korin as a consultant. <br /> Councilmember Heineman asked City Attorney Knaak whether a majority vote was needed to <br /> confirm a candidate. <br /> City Attorney Knaak confirmed this. <br /> Councilmember Heineman stated he was going to vote no on both candidates unless there is an <br /> amendment to Mr. Hagen as the City Administrator with Mr. Korin being hired part-time as an <br /> Operations Advisor. <br /> City Council Special Work Session/May 5, 2022 <br /> Page 2 of 7 <br />