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Mayor Kuzma asked if Administrative Services Director Lasher is asking to adjust the salary and <br />for Council approval to hire. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied yes, she would like to hire a full-time <br />Communications Coordinator at the adjusted salary she listed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley commented he has had a problem with this position for years. He stated <br />they are talking about taking away duties, and if they are going to fill it, he wanted to make sure <br />they have good duties assigned from it. He referenced comments mentioned from Elk River staff <br />that they thought were important; he thought those would be good things to add to the job <br />description as they are things that haven’t been done in the past. He stated if they fill it, he would <br />have higher expectations than what they have had. Communication is vital and despite Council <br />asking for more, he doesn’t think they have gotten it. He wanted to know how Happy Days is <br />going to be handled if it is removed from this position. He agreed with City Administrator Hagen’s <br />suggestions of duties to be added to the role including codification of policies. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma asked if Councilmember Riley was in favor of it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley replied he would like to see a job description with the additions. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove agreed that if some of the job duties were added and delineated more <br />specifically she could support it. She commented that she liked the fact that they would be <br />separated but wasn’t sure there would be enough job duties. She stated she appreciated the list of <br />duties but noted that some of the things aren’t everyday tasks but once a year or quarterly. She <br />agreed that helping with compiling policies would be helpful. She stated in one of the Staff <br />feedback surveys there was a comment that sometimes the communications duties required Staff <br />to do more work. She wanted to ensure that the Communication Director could make sure that the <br />task of communicating is made easy and not impede Staff from doing their work. She pointed out <br />in case one, there was an example of how the County does social media postings were laid out. <br />She thought a template like that for events could be created and followed for sending messages <br />about events. She could support it with a more robust job description and having the events with <br />it, noting that at times with growth, that position could be split or shared with Parks and Rec. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher commented right now there is a Recreation Specialist <br />temporarily increasing hours. That person is slated to go full time for Parks and Rec. She asked <br />if she heard Councilmember Musgrove correctly that she could support the position if events were <br />included. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove replied yes, she would like to see it kept because some of the job duties <br />and tasks now are not enough to make 40 hours. She suggested keeping the events activities as a <br />part of the position but getting support as needed. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher apologized for not having time to put together a full job <br />description and indicated she will do that for the next meeting and before beginning recruitment. <br />She stated Staff feels they can keep the person very busy. She stated when they left Elk River they <br />learned a lot and it was very motivating. <br />City Council Work Session / June 28, 2022 <br />Page 9 of 20 <br /> <br />