Submitted By
Steve Drazner, CFO
Reviewed By
CLP
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Approve an Updated Organizational Chart for the Finance Department
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Overview
Overview
The Reinventing Government Committee of the Village Board met on February 11, 2019 to review the recommendation to consolidate two vacant positions in the Finance Department into one position. The Committee supported the staff's recommendation being submitted to the Village Board for approval.
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Staff Recommendation
Approve the Motion.
Fiscal Impact
This recommendation is expected to result in potential estimated annual savings to the Finance operating budget salary and benefit expenditures of $54,000.
Background
The current SEIU Collective Bargaining Unit has three classifications for account clerks, Account Clerk I (Grade 2), Account Clerk II (Grade 3), and Account Clerk III (Grade 6). In the Finance Department there are two (2) Account Clerk II FTE positions and one (1) Account Clerk III FTE positions (FTE is defined as a full time equivalent). There are currently two (2) vacancies among these three (3) positions. When vacancies occur, staff uses this opportunity to evaluate efficiencies and staffing levels.
Historically, the Finance Department has had two Account Clerk II positions which performed water billing and accounts payable duties and one Account Clerk III (this job title was previously Records Coordinator however in the most recent SEIU collective bargaining agreement the title was updated and approved by the Village Board via the new CBA). All three positions are in the Service Employees International Union Local 73 (SEIU). The Account Clerk III position was left vacant in December when the incumbent accepted a private sector position. Effective February 1, 2019, one of the employees in an Account Clerk II positions retired and the second employee in the Account Clerk II position, after a competitive recruitment process, was promoted to the vacant...
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