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. . ,\/ ITEM 7.2. TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: PATRICK KLAERS, CIJr ADMINISTRATOR MARCH 11, 1993 ~~ PLANNING POSITION DATE: SUBJECT: At the last City Council meeting, I was directed to prepare a job description for a City Planner position that would report to me. As discussed at the 3/8/93 meeting, the planning function would then be removed from the Building and Zoning Administrator's job description and the City Planner position would have a department head status. This direction from the City Council actually requires two job descriptions to be completed. One being a revised Building and Zoning Administrator job description and the other being a new job description for the City Planner position. (The Building and Zoning Administrator job description will be changed once the Planner description has been approved. However, even after the planning function is removed from Stephen's responsibility, everyone should feel confident that there is more than enough challenging work remaining for Stephen.) In an effort to prepare an appropriate job description for the City Planner position, I have contacted the cities of Anoka, Brooklyn Park, Chaska, and Chanhassen and have received job descriptions from those communities for positions that are similar to the City Planner position. After discussing the Elk River situation with the staff in each of the four communities, I have come to the understanding that the current title used for this type of position is "Planning Director." Certainly, the City Council can select any title it deems most appropriate. I have requested and received these sample job descriptions in an effort to make sure that all of the most appropriate duties are included within the City Planner or Planning Director job descriptipn. This information from other cities clearly demonstrates what we have talked about in the past which is that there is no perfect or model City organizational structure out there and that the duties within each community are divided, sliced, and cut up in the most effective manner possible tp meet the needs of that community. We in Elk River are doing similar activities by assigning duties to the most apprppriate position and individual. Attached for your review is a draft job description for a Planning Director position. If the new job description is acceptable to the City Council, then the City Council should formally establish the City Planner or Planning Director position and authorize the advertisement for this position. The City staff will return with a final job description by 4/5/93 after this material has been reviewed by our City Attorney/personnel division. I am not sure that the attached 720 Dodge Avenue N.W., Elk River, Minnesota 55330 (612) 441-7420