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City Administrator Hagen said the way they are billing for the recycling service is through a utility <br />bill. He added that an option for this is to pay for it out of the general fund and not charge the <br />residents directly for it. He noted that at the end of the day the residents would still be paying for <br />the service, they would just not see it on the utility bill. <br /> <br />The consensus of the Council was to seek out proposals for other open recycling hauling and for <br />another contracted hauler. <br /> <br />2.03: Discuss the potential increase in Planning Administrative Assistant hours to full-time. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hanson reviewed the Staff report concerning increasing the <br />current Planning Administrative Assistant's hours to full time. She discussed the history of this <br />role and the need for full time hours. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove said she will not be supporting this. She noted that during last year’s <br />budget discussions it was discussed why this position was only at 25 hours rather than a higher <br />number of hours and now they are coming back asking for more hours for this position. She said <br />this is something that she would consider during budget discussions, but not now. She suggested <br />hiring someone who is efficient and able to do a lot of work. She shared that budget discussions <br />will be starting soon and they can revisit this. She asked why they would wait to hire someone <br />until July when they need help now. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hanson explained that this hiring would need to be approved <br />by the Council before they post for applications. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen added that if the ask was not to increase this position to full time, then <br />they would already have the position advertised. He stated they usually advertise vacant positions <br />for three weeks before they start the interview process which takes another three weeks. He added <br />that they then have to take this to the next Council meeting and anticipate a two-week resignation <br />period for the hired individual before they can fill the role. He noted that the only reason this <br />position is vacant is because the current Planning Administrative Assistant was hired into the <br />Rental Housing Inspector position. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht agreed that this would be a good discussion to have when discussing the <br />budget. He said he would not be able to support this right now and it should be considered with <br />other budget requests. He suggested documenting the need over time so it can be discussed during <br />the budget discussions. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hanson shared that they decided to bring this forward at this <br />time as they need to hire someone now. She noted the fear is that they will hire someone at a part <br />time capacity when this position needs to be full time and if they get approval to change it to full <br />time then the person currently in the position working part time may not be able to work full time <br />and they would have to start the hiring process over again. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley shared that without administrative Staff they have the professionals doing <br />the administrative work and having high paid people doing the wrong job. He said that by having <br />City Council Work Session / March 26, 2024 <br />Page 6 of 9 <br /> <br />