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File #: 25-1824    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved, Awaiting Mayoral Review
File created: 12/6/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/11/2025 Final action: 12/11/2025
Enactment date: 12/11/2025 Enactment #: 219809
Title: Requesting approval to use available funds in the City Clerk Salaries account in the amount of $3,590.41 to fund Assistant City Clerk-Vital Records & Licensing and Assistant City Clerk-Legislative Services positions.
Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -
Attachments: 1. City Clerk Proposed Org 2026, 2. City Clerk Org 2025

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to use available funds in the City Clerk Salaries account in the amount of $3,590.41 to fund Assistant City Clerk-Vital Records & Licensing and Assistant City Clerk-Legislative Services positions.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve the use of available funds in the City Clerk Salaries account (0116151-511000) in the amount of $3,590.41 to reclassify the Licensing Operations Manager position to an Assistant City Clerk-Vital Records & Licensing position, and the Legislative Services Manager position to an Assistant City Clerk-Legislative Services position.

The Assistant City Clerk-Vital Records & Licensing position will be classified at Grade/Step III-3 at a weekly salary of $1,765.38. The amount requested covers the difference between that and the current Licensing Operations Manager weekly salary of $1,658.65 (Grade/Step II-16) for the period January 5, 2026-June 30, 2026.

The Assistant City Clerk-Legislative Services will be classified at Grade/Step III-5 at a weekly salary of $1,800.00. The amount requested covers the difference between that and the current Legislative Services Manager weekly salary of $1,765.38 (Grade/Step III-3) for the period January 5, 2026-June 30, 2026.

The Assistant City Clerk position (Grade/Step IV-1) will be eliminated, representing a reduction of $53,730.65 (weekly salary of $2,115.38) for the period January 5, 2026-June 30, 2026. This proposal represents a net savings of $50,104.24 for FY2026, and a continued annual savings of approximately $103,000 in future years.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor