The Council next held discussion about the vacated City Clerk position. The council discussed many possibilities concerning the position. Discussion was held about possibly sharing the position with another city, making two part-times into one full-time. The council discussed using an outside source to do the majority of the bookkeeping.
Assistant Clerk Hojberg was then asked if she felt comfortable enough to do the work temporarily, giving the council a little more time to explore their options. Hojberg said that she felt she could do the work, but she would have to do the work after her day job which she intends to keep.
The council then discussed plans to initiate the start of hiring someone. Attorney Kohl passed out some handouts for the council to review. One was the Veteran’s Preference part of the application, in which Kohl suggested making a few changes. Kohl also had samples of job descriptions and a job application. After some further discussion, it was decided that Councilman Reiter will draft a job application for review, possibly, at the next council meeting. Kohl also suggested the council work on drafting an outline of questions to be asked at an interview. This would help the council by having some consistency. Kohl also suggested the council set a deadline to try and complete the task at hand.
The next meeting of the Ellendale City Council will be Thursday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m.
