Authorization to Temporarily Increase a Part-time Administrative Assistant to Full-time

The purpose of this case is to ask the City Council to temporarily authorize increasing a part-time Administrative Assistant to a full-time.

As a result of the significantly increased work load in Administrative Services and two vacancies in Community Development, staff is seeking authorization for additional resources.  Staff capacity is maxed due to Community Development being short staffed by two full-time employees (February and for the next few months) as well as increased turnover City wide, redistricting, election prep, data requests, etc. 

This request is to increase Ms. Nicole Laubach, a part-time Administrative Assistant in the Community Development Department, to full-time.  Staff is requesting this on an as needed basis and would adjust or discontinue the additional hours if the need decreases; however, staff is requesting to have the latitude to keep Ms. Laubach full-time through the end of the year, contingent upon work load.   

The funding required to temporarily increase the part-time Administrative Assistant to full-time is well within the 2022 budget; the cost to go from 20 hours per week to 40 hours per week, now through the end of the year would be a maximum of $28,524. The funding will come from the savings of the two full-time vacant positions in Community Development (Zoning Code Enforcement Officer and Senior Planner, as well as savings as a result of the temporarily unfilled City Administrator positon.

To temporarily increase a part-time twenty hour per week Administrative Assistant to full-time.   

Motion to approve temporarily increasing Ms. Nicole Laubach from part-time to full-time through December 31, 2022, as needed.