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Busch's resignation and authorize staff to rehire the previous IT Intern Jason Frederickson, <br />followed by an IT recruitment. She pointed out that Mr. Busch's last day is September 28. She <br />stated that in June, the IT Manager assumed some of the duties previously covered by the Deputy <br />City Clerk and in July, because of the budget, the IT Intern left the City, resulting in less IT <br />support. Ms. Lasher described current IT projects and duties. She stated that Finance Director <br />Lund would have a full needs analysis available for the next meeting. Ms. Lasher stated that <br />since the original writing of the case, staff has come up with some possible cost -saving <br />alternatives to the re -hiring of an IT Manager. The alternative would be to conduct a recruitment <br />for an IT Specialist versus an IT Manager. We could back fill the immediate higher level tasks <br />with LOGIS at 24 hours per month or on an as -needed basis and we could maybe rely on Captain <br />Jeff Katers in the Police Department for any unexpected IT needs. To reclassify this position to <br />non -management may represent a cost savings of $15,000 annually. She noted that is just an <br />estimate as she does not know for sure what the savings may be. <br />City Administrator Ulrich talked about Captain Katers' contract with Anoka County and that <br />$50,000 was paid to the City for that. He noted Katers' level of IT management experience and <br />how highly he is regarded throughout the County. The City will lose that $50,000 but we will <br />get Captain Katers' time back and he (Ulrich) felt there was a real benefit to that. <br />Chairperson Tossey stated that all the things Captain Katers is working on have not been <br />implemented yet and that Anoka County will rely on him for a while yet. He expressed <br />reservations about Katers having this duty for the entire City. <br />Chief Way suggested it would be more of a stop gap — as temporary. Captain Katers may have <br />some knowledge that Jason does not. He added that Katers has been doing this currently and he <br />has a good relationship with LOGIS. <br />Councilmember Strommen stated that if it is things he's been doing and it's mostly police needs, <br />that makes sense, but she had a concern about pulling him away from Police. She stated she <br />would be willing to do this as a short term fix and added that it is an advantage that Jason has <br />some experience working with the City. Ms. Strommen continued that we "dumped a bunch of <br />stuff' on Dean and that was for temporary, but you cannot keep doing that to people - it does not <br />work. She expressed concern that we will go through more people. As long as this is temporary <br />for Captain Katers, she could go along with it but needs have to be assessed and we need to get <br />people on a workload that is manageable — people are getting burned out. She added that she is <br />worried about the rate at which we are losing people. <br />Human Resources Manager Lasher assured the Committee that the use of Captain Katers would <br />be just on an as needed basis. The request tonight is to get Jason on board immediately as a <br />temporary employee at a wage of $16.25 per hour and to have that ratified at the next Council <br />meeting. <br />Chairperson Tossey expressed concern that at $16.25, we would not be able to keep him. <br />Finance Director Lund arrived — approximately 5:50 p.m. <br />Personnel Committee / September 11, 2012 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />