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<br /> <br />City of Elk River <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date <br />Administration November 20,2006 <br />Item Description <br />Authorize Hiring of Finance Director Candidate-Timothy <br />Simon <br /> <br />Item Number <br />5.l. <br /> <br />Prepared by <br />Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br />Introduction <br />Since the fInance director position was advertised last spring, an interview team has interviewed several <br />candidates for the position. Councilmember Farber assisted in the interviews along with various staff <br />members, including Bill Maertz and Lauren Wipper. This interview team has selected Mr. Timothy Simon <br />as the top candidate for the fInance director position. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />Mr. Simon has government f11lance experience including work at a city, the state auditor's offIce, and <br />several public accounting fIrms auditing cities and counties. He has a master's degree in business <br />administration and is working towards completing the CertifIed Public Finance OffIcer program through <br />the Government Finance OffIcers Association. <br /> <br />If approved, Mr. Simon will start on January 2, at Step A of the f11lance director pay range, which is <br />$82,600. He will move to Step B after nine months of employment based on satisfactory performance. <br />He will start with 12 days of banked sick leave and will start earning one additional day of sick leave per <br />month after one year of employment. <br /> <br />Mr. Simon will be at the Council meeting Monday to meet the Council and any staff members present. <br />He had an opportunity to meet all of the f11lance department staff members before accepting the <br />position. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />The City Council is asked to approve the hiring of Timothy Simon as Finance Director with the terms as <br />stated above. <br /> <br />Council Action <br /> <br />Motion by _ <br /> <br />Second by _ <br /> <br />Vote <br /> <br />Follow Up <br /> <br />s: \Council\Lori\2006\Finance Director Hire.doc <br />