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Interim City Administrator/Community Dev. Director Hagen replied it could be handled that way <br />for the next year or two and perhaps revisited in the future. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht commented he supported that. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell agreed adding that she wasn’t supportive of the dual title in the beginning <br />so keeping the position focused on Community Development sounded good. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher stated the next position to discuss was the Assistant <br />Finance Director vacancy. Staff is recommending promoting from within and there are two <br />internal candidates. Those two promotions are on the consent agenda for tonight’s meeting. That <br />includes Ms. Cindy Nelson, moving from an Accountant III position to Assistant Finance Director <br />and Ms. Tammy Oaks, moving from an Accounting Clerk to Accountant I. She stated these <br />positions are on the consent agenda. She stated the new Accounting Clerk could start the end of <br />August or beginning of September as the recruitment has already begun. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher stated the Staff recommendation is to drop events from <br />the Communications and Events Coordinator position and have the new Communications <br />Coordinator provide additional assistance directly to the City Administrator with communications <br />and special projects. The Happy Days event will have to be addressed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley expressed concerns about dropping the events portion from the <br />Communications and Events Coordinator position. He asked how Communications Coordinator <br />could be a full-time job when it hasn’t seemed to be in the past. He asked for an explanation about <br />what would be done. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman echoed that and asked what a 40-hour work week would look for <br />communications. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied she will bring that back to the next City Council <br />meeting for further discussion. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell asked if any other cities of similar size outsource either events or <br />communications. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied she wasn’t aware of any city that outsources <br />communications but she did know of cities that outsource their newsletter to a company called <br />Prime Advertising. She added some cities outsource their community festival which is something <br />Staff wants to discuss. She stated she wasn’t sure logistically how outsourcing communications <br />would be done but the role could be reduced some if the newsletter and Happy Days were to be <br />outsourced. She stated when it was tracked Happy Days had cost the City over $100,000 which is <br />something that could be looked at. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell stated the City of Elk River does a nice job with their online <br />communications keeping it city focused. For example, summarizing City Council meetings on <br />Facebook. <br />City Council Work Session /June 14, 2022 <br />Page 4 of 16 <br /> <br />