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Ci~ Council i~.fh~utes March 15, 2004 Page 4 Aw2rd Skate Park Equipment Bids Ms. McPherson stated that this item is postponed until the March 22, 2004 City Council meeting. Approve Parks and Recreation Director Position Description and Authorize Advertising Ms. McPherson reviewed the ne~vlv created parks and recreation director position description. Councilmember Tveite indicated that he would like to see more references in the position description for the Ice Arena. He would also like grant wridng experience to be more of a priori~' as a job responsibili~. Councilmember Kuester stated that she would like the director position to have more responsibiliu' in assisting ~vith Libra~ programming and building maintenance. Mayor I<2inzing stated concerns about ho~v the salarv and the authority, of the Ice Arena Manager, the Senior Coordinator, and Recreation Manager are going to be affected bv the hiring of a director. Mr. I~aers stated that initially there would not be many changes but in the furore if there were significant changes in responsibilities, then the pay and comparable worth rankings would need to be reviewed. Mayor Klinzing questioned if the job should be more or less administrative or more or less hands-on. She felt that recreation programming is an important part of the director's job responsibilities and that hiring a director is too big of a step for the ci~ to take at this time. She stated that she doesn't see a need for both a director posidon and a recreation manager position as they seem to have many of the same job responsibilities. Councilmember Kuester stated that there should be coordination between the parks, recreation, ice, and senior departments all under one director and that the Parks and Recreation Department needs to be coordinated with all the other departments. Ms. McPherson stated that there should be one person that oversees all the parks and recreational services so that there is one clear policy and voice that ~vould represent the Parks and Recreation Department. Councilmember Tveite stated that it will be valuable to the cits- to add the director position. He sees enough work for the director with many of the projects that are coming forward such as the Greenway project. Mayor I~dinzing stated that she would Like the current parks and recreation department heads to know that when a new director is hired that things may change. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KUESTER TO APPROVE THE PARKS AND