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AGENDA ITEM <br />Date: March 10, 2025 <br />Title: Hire Communications Specialist <br />Presenter: Christine Lusian, City Clerk <br />Section: Consent Agenda <br />Purpose: <br />The purpose of this action item is to approve hiring a Communications Specialist. <br />Item: 6 <br />2. Background: <br />On January 27 council approved a newly created Communications Specialist position and directed <br />staff to execute recruitment. <br />3. Recruitment: <br />The position was advertised and applications were accepted from January 28 to February 9. A <br />team of leadership and staff reviewed the applications, resumes, and work samples and four <br />candidates were interviewed on February 19 by two four -person panels of leadership and staff. <br />Staff spoke with references, conducted a background investigation, and selected a candidate to fill <br />the position. <br />4. Recommended Candidate: <br />Staff recommends that Rachel Cotter be appointed to the position of Communications Specialist <br />with a start date of March 13. Rachel holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and is a former officer <br />of the Army National Guard. Her past work experience includes strategic content development, <br />brand strategy execution, data -driven decision making, stakeholder and audience engagement, <br />community relations and feedback integration, and public affairs. <br />Recommended Compensation: <br />a. Salary. Starting wage of $36.20 (Grade 7, Step 6 of the Office and Professional Employees <br />International Union (OPEIU) 12 pay scale). <br />b. Benefits. Vacation accruing at a rate of 10 days per year following the collective bargaining <br />agreement with OPEIU 12. Vacation and sick leave accrual will begin on the start date. <br />Rachel will be eligible to participate in the city's benefit package starting the first day of the <br />month following 30 days of employment and as a full-time employee is eligible for benefits <br />as outlined in the OPEIU 12 agreement and personnel handbook, which includes enrollment <br />in the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA). <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />Motion to appoint Rachel Cotter as Communications Specialist with a start date of March 13, 2025. <br />Exhibits <br />A. Communiciations Specialist - Job Description - 2025 <br />35 <br />