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<br />Acting Mayor Riley asked if the Council, other than Councilmember Musgrove, is in agreement <br />with the wage range from $15-$18. <br /> <br />The Council was in agreement with the exception of Councilmember Musgrove. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen discussed the request to add an Accountant 1 position to the finance <br />department. He noted the changeover of the software and that the City is growing. He asked about <br />the time commitment to get the software up and running. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that it will take at least three months for one full-time person to get <br />this software up and running. She added that the current workload is enough to keep the current <br />Staff very busy. She noted that the audit took a very long time to be put together this year as there <br />are so many more standards that are required with these audits. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht stated that he does support this. He noted that he has never seen a situation <br />where it would take three months to get a new software up and running. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund explained that they will have to go to LOGIS to help set this up to move <br />the packages over for finance. She stated that this is for setting up the vendors and new accounts. <br />She noted that the estimated time frame is the time frame she was given. <br /> <br />The Council was in support of the new position in the finance department. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen reviewed the request for the housing inspector and shared that this <br />correlates to the ordinance for proactive rental housing inspections in regard to the multi-family <br />housing program. He noted that they updated the projected start date of this position from June to <br />April. He added that the revenue from this program will pay for the position. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley stated that they have already discussed this and tentatively agreed. He asked <br />if the Council was in agreement with this position and moving it to an earlier start date. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if this is paid for through the program revenue then why is it <br />being shown on the general levy. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated that the income comes in through the general levy. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund explained that there is $200,000 that is included as the rental income. She <br />added that this also was moved from a step 1 to a step 3 for pay as they will need someone who is <br />already up and running when they get on board. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen discussed the requested building maintenance worker. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley noted that this would be for Public Works and specifically for the new water <br />treatment plant and covers a shortage that has been created. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / August 22, 2023 <br />Page 4 of 12 <br /> <br />