08/06/2019 Resolutions 2019-226RESOLUTION 2019-226
WHEREAS, City Administration recommends changes to the City's full time equivalents
(FTEs) positions for the 2019-2020 budget process; and
WHEREAS, the recommended changes include the following reorganization: a.) add a
Deputy City Clerk for the City Clerk Office and eliminating the Assistant City Administrator position; b.)
move Audio/Video Technician from the Public Information Office to Information Technology; c.)
eliminate a Police Captain and two Sergeant positions and add three Lieutenants FTEs; d.) eliminate a full
time Library Assistant I(1 FTE) and an increase of 1.8 FTE for Library Pages; e.) add a 0.50 seasonal
FTE for the Parks Department cemetery division to be filled if and when the City agrees to a contract with
the State of Nebraska to maintain the Veterans Cemetery; and
WHEREAS, Department Directors requested an increase of 7.75 FTE;s in the following
full time equivalents (FTEs) positions for the General Fund: a) add a 0.40 FTE for an Administrative
Assistant to the Building Department; b) add a 0.25 FTE (for the Fieldhouse) to an existing 0.75 FTE at
the Heartland Shooting Park in the Parks Department; c) add 0.80 FTE in the Parks Department for three
(3) seasonal workers; and d) add 6.0 FTE's in the Fire Department for Ambulance service; and
WHEREAS, the 2019-2020 budget process includes a decrease of 0.55 in the full time
equivalents (FTEs) positions for all other Funds; and
Budget; and
WHEREAS, the FTE positions will be incorporated into the Fiscal Year 2019-2020
WHEREAS, the FTE totals do not included elected officials.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, as follows:
City Administration's recommended staffing and FTE plan, as set forth above, should be and is
hereby authorized and approved.
2. The General Fund FTEs for the 2019-2020 Budget year should be and is hereby established and
fixed at 353.1783 FTEs; however 0.5 of this FTE shall only become available if and when a contract is
approved with the State of Nebraska to maintain the Cemetery located near the former Veteran's Home in
Grand Island.
3. FTEs for all other Funds for the 2019-2020 Budget year should be and is hereby established and
fixed at 23033.
Approved as to Form tt
August 7, 2019 tt City Attorney
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, August 6, 2019.
Roger G. Steele, Mayor
Attest:
RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Resolution �2019-226 was not signed by the City's Mayor. The resolution becase
final and adopted by reason of Grand Island City Code Section 2-16.
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