SUBJECT:
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Discussion and Board direction on staff requests for the following positions: (1) Grants Manager, (2) Grants Accountant, (3) Recruitment and Retention Specialist, and (4) Administrative Assistant/Town Hall Customer Service Representative.
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DEPARTMENTS: Administration, Finance and Human Resources
PRESENTERS: Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
Victoria Runkle, Interim Finance Director
Ben Pratt, Economic Development Director
Alicia Melendez, Human Resources Director
Amy Teetzel, Administrative Operations Manager
TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: Total cost is $397,982, plus initial IT expenses.
Two of the positions will be paid from grant and
reimbursable sources. The General Fund costs are $184,015, plus IT Expenses. In 2021, staff expects the costs to be 50% of these costs -- $92,008 - for the General Fund, reflecting time required to advertise, evaluate and complete hiring.
Balance Available: $0
Budget Line Item Number: TBD
New Appropriation Required: Yes
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Authorize staff to create and proceed with hiring four new positions and appropriate funding to cover these new positions as part of the supplemental budget in June.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Staff would normally wait for the annual budget process to request additional positions. However, the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other grant opportunities, the increasing complexity of recruitment and retention activities and the increasing volume of recruitments as the Town grows, and the need provide more complete administrative support for Finance and other departments in Town Hall has created opportunities and issues staff believes should be addressed more quickly than will be possible through the annual budget process. For this reason, staff requests Board approval to create and proceed with hiring four new positi...
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