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Special City Council
Meeting Minutes
April 25, 2006
Special City Council Meeting Minutes
April 25, 2006
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A Special meeting of the Fayetteville City Council was held on April 25, 2006 at 5:30
Room 326 of the City Administration Building located at 113 West Mountain
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Mayor Coody called the meeting to order.
Robert Reynolds
Brenda Thiel
Kyle B. Cook
Don Marr
Robert K. Rhoads
Robert Ferrell
Shirley Lucas
Lioncld Jordan
PM in
Street,
PRESENT: Aldermen Reynolds, Thiel, Cook, Marr, Rhoads, Ferrell, Lucas, Jordan,
Mayor Coody, City Attorney Kit Williams, City Clerk Sondra Smith, Staff, Press, and
Audience.
Pledge of Allegiance
New Business:
Johanson Group Contract Approval: Consulting services for the identification of salary
survey benchmark jobs and development of updated job descriptions for all City positions.
Alderman Ferrell: Mayor, I asked that we have a Special City Council meeting to consider this
contract. Alderman Marr had asked me to serve on a committee to do an RFP and get somebody
to do the first part, the consulting services for the identification of salary survey benchmark jobs
and development of updated job descriptions for all City positions. We met, we reviewed the
RFP's, we then had a meeting and interviewed the selected applicants and recommend them for
approval.
Alderman Marr: The committee felt like during our meetings with employees and with the
staff that one of the things that was critical and that we kept hearing was that the positions that
we were taking to market need to correctly reflect the roles and responsibilities that they do. The
last time job descriptions were done was quite some time ago and so we felt that that was the
first step. The timing of this was important because when we go to the next phase which is
Phase 1 of the actual consultant work, pay, philosophy, market, etc. we did not want them to have
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to wait from a timing perspective to do job descriptions. That is why the order is the order that it
is.
Alderman Ferrell moved to approve the resolution. Alderman Marr seconded the motion.
Upon roll call the motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Johanson: We are real pleased to have this opportunity to work with the City and we will
do a good job for you.
Resolution 77-06 as Recorded in the Office of the City Clerk.
Meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.
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Dan Coody, Mayor
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Sondra Smith, City Clerk
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