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File #: 90710    Version: 1 Name: Create or modify classifications for position placement in the 2026 operating budget as adopted by the Common Council.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/3/2025 In control: FINANCE COMMITTEE
On agenda: 11/25/2025 Final action: 11/25/2025
Enactment date: 11/26/2025 Enactment #: RES-25-00611
Title: Create or modify classifications for position placement in the 2026 operating budget as adopted by the Common Council.
Sponsors: Director of Human Resources
Attachments: 1. PB Memo 2026 Budget Summary Analysis.pdf, 2. Assistant City Forester 10-2025 DRAFT.pdf, 3. Assistant City Forester Position Description - Updated.pdf, 4. Benefits Manager 11-2025.pdf, 5. HR Benefits Manager PD.pdf, 6. Deputy City Clerk DRAFT 11-2025.pdf, 7. Position Description - Deputy Clerk.pdf, 8. Municipal Clerk Leadworker DRAFT 11-2025.pdf, 9. Position Description - Lead Worker.pdf, 10. Water Quality Supervisor DRAFT 11-2025.pdf, 11. WQSupervisor.PD.final.2025.1112.pdf
Fiscal Note
This resolution creates and modifies classification specifications for three positions, effective January 1, 2026.
- Recreating a Human Resources Analyst 4 into a new classification of Benefits Manager (Compensation Group/ Range (CG/R) 18/15)
- Recreating a Forestry Operations Supervisor into a new classification of Assistant City Forester (CG/R 18/10)
- Creating a new Water Quality Program Supervisor classification(CG/R 18/9)
- Recreating a Deputy City Clerk into a new supervisory position classification (CG/R 18/10)
- Creating a new Municipal Clerk Leadworker classification (CG/R 20/17) and recreating 3 positions in that new classification
The 2026 executive budget includes sufficient funding for these positions in each respective agency. If this resolution is adopted, the position tables for each agency will be updated in the 2026 adopted budget to reflect the correct classifications.
Title
Create or modify classifications for position placement in the 2026 operating budget as adopted by the Common Council.
Body
Resolution to create or modify classification specifications for placement into the salary tables and to classify new positions in the respective agencies’ 2026 operating budgets as adopted by Common Council, therein.

Detailed Text:
Whereas the proposed 2026 operating budget includes positions which require classifications or modification to existing classifications, and placement into the salary schedules; and

Whereas the Human Resources Department is recreating position #877 of Human Resources Analyst 4 (H409) into a new classification of Benefits Manager in CG18, Range 15; and the employee (V. Larson) will underfill the new position while a trainee reclassification process is complete; and

Whereas the Streets Division is recreating position #1495 of Forestry Operations Supervisor (H304) into a new classification of Assistant City Forester in CG18, Range 10; and reallocating the employee (C. Klinke) to the new position; and

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