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City Council Minutes Page 8 <br />July 1, 2019 <br />Arena Commission Review <br />City Hall Security <br />Snow and Ice Control Policy <br />9. Council Liaison Updates <br />Council provided updates on the activities of the various boards and commissions as <br />also noted in the respective board's minutes. <br />10.1 Compensation Plan Amendment and IT Division Staffing <br />Mr. Portner presented the staff report. He discussed the advantageous of a phased <br />retirement plan. He further discussed how the transition would work for the IT <br />manager. He stated bridging the retirement with the hiring of a new manager would <br />be helpful for succession planning. <br />Council concurred on changing the policy and bringing the item back for <br />consideration at a future meeting. <br />Council questioned the financial impact. <br />Mr. Portner stated there would be an impact in the IT Division with the hiring of a <br />manager, but the current manager's salary would be reduced in half due to reduced <br />hours. He stated the rest of the benefits, such as vacation would be reduced <br />proportionately for the current manager. <br />10.2 Liquor Operations Reorganization Plan <br />Mr. Audette presented the staff report. He noted they have an unusual situation <br />where they received a significant number of higher qualified candidates than <br />expected. He stated he anticipated they would be hiring internally for an assistant <br />liquor operations manager but would like to change the organizational structure and <br />hire a manager for each liquor store because they had two very good external <br />candidates. He further discussed the advantageous of how this change would help to <br />free up his time to focus on the liquor operations as a whole. <br />There was discussion on the budget impact, which was unknown due to many <br />variables. Mr. Audette noted, via attrition, he wouldn't be replacing certain positions, <br />which would help reduce the budget impact. <br />Councilmember Wagner stated she would like to see a return on investment brought <br />to the liquor operation if this change were approved. <br />Mr. Audette felt this could be difficult to quantify. <br />INATUR <br />Page 279 of 294