Staff Report-Work Session with Klumpp
Staff Report
Date of Meeting: July 28, 2015
To: City Council
From: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
Re: Work Session with Sharon Klumpp
Background:
At the July 21 Council meeting the Council voted to hire Waters and Company to complete the
search for a new City Administrator. Sharon Klumpp, who has worked with the City on the last
two administrator recruitments, will be at the work session on July 28th to begin the process. This
is the first step in an eight-step process. A copy of the agreement which includes the proposed
timeline and description of each task is included in your packet.
Issue:
What is the Council looking for in the next administrator? What updates need to be made to the
job description and announcement? What changes to the project timeline would the Council like
to see?
Proposal Details:
The purpose of this work session is to discuss the desired qualifications and expectations for the
new City Administrator and to review the current job description. A copy of the current job
description is in your packet. This job description was adopted before the hire of the first
administrator in 2006 and used again during the 2012 recruitment. I would suggest the Council
consider adding language about some of the new functions of the positon over the last three years
such as code enforcement tasks, union negotiations, and economic development tasks related to
the EDA.
The 2012 job announcement has also been included in your packet for discussion purposes. I
have updated some of the items in red to be consistent with our current policies, i.e. step scale
adopted in 2013 and economic development activities. The step scale is also included in your
packet. We’ve also added staff in 2014 so the FTEs have been increased.
Lastly, the Council should discuss the proposed project timeline. The proposed timeline can be
found on page 11 of the agreement. The proposed timeline would result in a gap between my
resignation date of November 6th and the potential start date of the new Administrator on
December 7th. The Council may want to explore the option of shortening the timeline with
Sharon. Alternatively, as I mentioned in my resignation I would be open to staying on longer but
only working part time until the new Administrator is on board and had some training. Lastly,
the Council could decide to go without an administrator for that gap time. The most significant
task to be completed during this potential gap would be the public hearing on the budget.
Without an administrator, the Council would need to decide how that would be handled.