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cty or <br />El - <br />River <br />REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />To Item Number <br />Ma or and Ci Council 5.2. <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Administration ul 5, 2011 Tim Simon, Finance Director <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Interim City Administrator Employment Agreement <br /> Reviewed by <br />Action Requested <br />Approval of Interim City Administrator Employment Agreement with Mr. Robert D. Thistle <br />Background/Discussion <br />On June 27`", the City Council authorized staff to work on an interim city administrator employment <br />agreement with Mr. Thistle. Mark Mathison, Gray, Plant, and Mooty, has drafted the attached agreement <br />for the Council to consider at tonight's meeting. <br />Highlights of the agreement: <br />• The agreement provides that Mr. Thistle will begin on July 6`". <br />• The duties will be those set forth in the City Administrator Position Description, and as assigned by <br />the Council or otherwise required by law. The agreement calls for the City to provide him with <br />written duty priorities. <br />• He will receive a guaranteed base salary of $495 per week for any week in which he performs services <br />for the City. This $495 is used to satisfy the minimum guaranteed salary amount needed to treat an <br />employee as exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act <br />• The agreement recognizes the City's statutory duties to indemnify and defend Mr. Thistle for claims <br />arising in the performance of his duties -same as other employees. <br />• The employment is at-will and may be ended upon two weeks' notice by the City or 30 days' notice <br />by Mr. Thistle <br />Financial Impact <br />The hourly rate will be $55 per hour with a work schedule that will not be less than 30 hours per week, <br />and not more than 40 hours per week. If additional hours are required above 40 hours per week, <br />approval must be made by the Mayor. No fringe benefits will be earned/received. The funding will be in <br />the administration budget. <br />Attachments <br />•Interim City Administrator Em loyment Agreement <br />Action Motion by Second by Vote <br />FOllow Up <br />N:\Public Bodies\Ciry Council\Finance\Tim\intermAdminagreement.doc <br />