Oh, there we go.

Okay, we are all set.

All right, let's go ahead and call the personnel committee meeting of December 5th, 2024 to order.

We have roll call.

Mayor Brendan Pratt.

Member Dale Stuber.

Here.

Timothy Lima.

Here.

Matthew Bieran.

Here.

Terry Magnuson.

Dion Sansala.

We also have present present assistant city administrator Rory Atkinson.

Police Chief Kelly Bakken, Utility Accounts Manager Laurie Pudlich, Director of Administrative Services, Betsy Bowley, and Cindy Bauer, City Clerk.

We have a quorum.

Minutes.

Beard will move for approval of the minutes.

Line will second.

We have a motion and a second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Stuber abstains.

Motion carries.

All right.

New business.

Number one, discuss consider recommendation of council approval of grants and housing program manager position for job uh job description.

Okay.

Um Mayor Pratt, members of the personnel committee.

Um thanks a lot for being here today.

Um this is kind of a it's a step

in

affirming the position descriptions for the new positions that were proposed in the 2025 uh City of El Tuna budget.

Uh these positions um you know we're gonna we've presented um we're gonna present tonight um are um definitely welcomed um and will provide great capacity uh for our staff.

Um the first one that uh you know we'll talk about a little bit about the grants and housing program manager position.

Um it's you know it involves the city's grant and affordable housing initiatives and it's gonna be under the direct under my direction um in in administration.

Uh

the role encompasses researching and securing uh funding opportunities, overseeing uh grant processes, and managing the city's incoming uh affordable housing uh program.

That program we're uh still developing um and there will be more to come on that, but basically also the position will be a bird dog for for all grants through the city, and that's um all across the organization and you know hopefully provide some capacity if the library um has a grant that comes across through this

you know

that we can potentially go after going you know going for that.

Uh we'll provide a lot of capacity.

You know, over the years, Mike and I have and members of our admin team have really worked hard to try to get grants.

We've been very successful.

Uh there's a lot of money still out there that's on the table, a lot of money that probably will be coming through the pipe.

Um we're you know, we're keeping an eye on uh the administration's change changes and what that may mean for future funding.

Um but it's definitely a um gonna be a key position in in our um administration.

And it requires strong leadership, organizational and analytical skills um to ensure successful administration of these programs and in order to really um further our strategic development goals and this position is gonna work a lot with Tina as well in finance.

Uh we have a lot, it was interesting, and I tell the story when I came back on board for the city um at the end of last year.

We had all these active grants.

I'm going through our file structure.

We have like a 15-folder deep uh you know set of grants that we've been going through, and Tina's largely managed that all on all on our own, you know, making sure there's deadlines it making sure there's reports that come out.

Um that's that's really it'll provide much needed capacity.

Um in structuring this uh job description.

We hold um other job descriptions of the like.

We were looking at how we how we put those core functions together to make it a a true mission, you know, like a true position under one umbrella.

And make it manageable as well.

Um I think we're gonna have a lot, I think we'll have good applicants for this position.

Um I know some folks that work um, you know, work in public administration that uh may be interested.