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Councilmember Musgrove asked if the words ‘training period’ and ‘probationary period’ were <br />meant to be interchangeable in this policy or if further clarifications needed to be made to this area. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher said she believes the language should be changed to <br />‘probationary period.’ <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove noted that paragraphs two and three under Section 3.3 are redundant in <br />meeting the qualifications. She said she is not sure if this is necessary. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher shared that the third paragraph addresses the job <br />description rather than meeting general qualifications. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked about the change from the language ‘he/she’ to ‘they’ and noted <br />this was not consistently changed throughout the policy. She suggested keeping the language at <br />‘he/she.’ <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher shared the intent was to do a find and replace to review <br />and make corrections. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated ‘they’ is still singular. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell agreed that the use of ‘they’ does not flow well. She suggested replacing <br />any of the areas where these pronouns are used with language that states ‘the candidate’ or ‘the <br />employee’ as it would not exclude anyone and there would be no concerns with the flow of the <br />language. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director noted that any specific job requirement could also have that job <br />title listed in place of pronouns. She also noted the example of using the City Administrators <br />designee as oppose to his/her designee. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if in Section 3.5 if the City Council has the right to make final <br />hiring decisions rather than just the City. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher said yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked about the paragraph in Section 3.8 that addresses new positions. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen said that paragraph may not be needed as the whole policy calls out the <br />recruitment process. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated reclassification should stay in there. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked about supplemental employment for board members which are <br />unpaid positions. She asked if there should be a disclosure surrounding this in Section 3.11. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / February 26, 2024 <br />Page 5 of 11 <br /> <br />