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Finance Director Lund said yes and moved on to the general fund budget as a whole because the <br />tax levy portion outside of the road is all locked in. She said the other portion outside is the EDA <br />and that increased $7,500 which is going to the EDA on Thursday. She said that the only portion <br />remaining is the general fund levy, which includes the personnel and capital. She said that the <br />personnel portion is a total budget request. They have two positions that are related to the utilities, <br />which is a reclassification of the utility maintenance worker to the utility lead person. She noted <br />this will be zero because they are not under the general fund of the levy. The overall amount that <br />is related to the general fund position request is $244,345 and that takes into consideration the <br />uniforms needed in the police department for officers in training. She said that the Staff is here <br />that has requested reclassifications, increase in hours, and new positions, noting these are extra <br />items that are not already in the budget for 2022 and are the discretionary items. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley referenced reclassifications, which are low dollar amounts of changing an <br />employee from one position to another, he asked if the Council was comfortable with the <br />reclassifications. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell said yes to the reclassifications. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley moved on to the increase in hour requests, in which there were two. He asked <br />if they had already discussed the increase in hours for the recreation specialist. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund said yes on the increase in hours through the end of the year, but it did not <br />become a full-time person. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher explained it was just temporary and they had made her <br />full-time through the end of 2022, but for 2023 the increase still needs to be handled. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley stated that it was an increase from 29 to 40 hours and asked if the Council <br />wanted to talk about the position more in depth. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell said she was not in support of the increase because this seems a little more <br />discretionary and the Council could cut this. She said that if the Council are serious about finding <br />things that they can cut, then they should act on that. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley said he agrees but they will have to figure out how they will have Happy Days <br />when the increase for 2022 was covering that. He asked if the Council wanted to put that back for <br />Staff to talk about, and if the Council does not increase that, how do they handle Happy Days. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher stated that the increase of 29 to 40 hours a week was <br />requested a long time ago and did not have anything to do with Happy Days. It was just a request <br />to gain an additional 11 hours to grow the current City recreation program further. <br /> <br />City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby said this was correct. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if they would potentially lose the employee if they were to move <br />their hours back down to 29 after the end of the year. <br />City Council Work Session / August 8, 2022 <br />Page 6 of 19 <br /> <br />