Amador County – The Sutter Creek City Council reorganized its city administrators Monday, placing Police Chief and City Manager Rob Duke into a full-time chief position, and appointing Assistant City Manager Sean Rabe as interim city manager. Duke recommended the reorganization, saying the council should appoint Rabe as his successor on an interim basis for 4 months, after which they could assess his job performance and decide if they want to offer him the full time post. The council’s personnel committee of Councilwoman Linda Rianda and Mayor Pro Tempore Tim Murphy will look at possible layoffs and contracting city jobs. The committee will look at contracts and whether they want to go the private sector route of having “at will” and non-union employees, as described by City Auditor Ralph Marcello, who said it is a solution being used by cities throughout the state to correct budget problems. Murphy said the council has been in the process of looking at having contract employees, and part of that was looking at contracting with Sheriff Martin Ryan to handle police duties in the city. The sheriff’s presentation to the council in April included costs to handle city law enforcement, which Murphy said were not well received. The committee also must look at the city’s financial system. It must also talk with the unions and see about contracting. He said he thought it was best for the council to make a reorganizing move on the 2 positions they know they will be changing, Duke’s and Rabe’s positions. Duke in a report said the council’s “2009-2010 Work Plan” was created to improve the city’s financial conditions. He said the current budget was approved with the council’s “commitment to pursue operational efficiencies throughout the city including” a “potential outsourcing of various city services.” Duke said the first part of the administrative reorganization would be separation of the dual role of the city manager/chief of police, whose “duties have been combined into a single position for the past 10 years.” The assistant city manager position was created to assist the workload of the manager/chief post. He recommended combining the assistant and manager post to one city manager position. He recommended a 4-month interim position for Rabe as city manager, and then the council could evaluate Rabe’s performance and decide whether or not to offer him the full time position. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 02:54
Sutter Creek Makes Duke Chief, Rabe Interim City Manager
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Amador County – The Sutter Creek City Council reorganized its city administrators Monday, placing Police Chief and City Manager Rob Duke into a full-time chief position, and appointing Assistant City Manager Sean Rabe as interim city manager. Duke recommended the reorganization, saying the council should appoint Rabe as his successor on an interim basis for 4 months, after which they could assess his job performance and decide if they want to offer him the full time post. The council’s personnel committee of Councilwoman Linda Rianda and Mayor Pro Tempore Tim Murphy will look at possible layoffs and contracting city jobs. The committee will look at contracts and whether they want to go the private sector route of having “at will” and non-union employees, as described by City Auditor Ralph Marcello, who said it is a solution being used by cities throughout the state to correct budget problems. Murphy said the council has been in the process of looking at having contract employees, and part of that was looking at contracting with Sheriff Martin Ryan to handle police duties in the city. The sheriff’s presentation to the council in April included costs to handle city law enforcement, which Murphy said were not well received. The committee also must look at the city’s financial system. It must also talk with the unions and see about contracting. He said he thought it was best for the council to make a reorganizing move on the 2 positions they know they will be changing, Duke’s and Rabe’s positions. Duke in a report said the council’s “2009-2010 Work Plan” was created to improve the city’s financial conditions. He said the current budget was approved with the council’s “commitment to pursue operational efficiencies throughout the city including” a “potential outsourcing of various city services.” Duke said the first part of the administrative reorganization would be separation of the dual role of the city manager/chief of police, whose “duties have been combined into a single position for the past 10 years.” The assistant city manager position was created to assist the workload of the manager/chief post. He recommended combining the assistant and manager post to one city manager position. He recommended a 4-month interim position for Rabe as city manager, and then the council could evaluate Rabe’s performance and decide whether or not to offer him the full time position. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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