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Home My WebLink About~Master - Addition of one Library Full-Time Equivalent position RESOLUTION NO. 14-522 RESOLUTION APPROVING ONE ADDITIONAL LIBRARY FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) POSITION FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS, over the last 18 months, the Ames Public Library has been reorganizing staff to provide the best customer service in the renovated and expanded facility; and, WHEREAS, the primary goals are to ensure that duties are assigned to the proper classification,unmet staffing needs are addressed,and that personnel expenditures remain within the FY 2014/2015 approved budget; and, WHEREAS, a retirement in July 2014 of a tenured librarian in the Adult Services Division presented an opportunity for the Reorganization Team to transfer a position to the Youth Services Division; and, WHEREAS, the Youth Services Division requires an additional librarian to assist with collection development,planning and policy development, and for security on the first floor of the expanded building; however, the Adult Services Division also needs to maintain 40 hours of personnel coverage for the public information desk and to support programming, particularly on nights and weekends; and, WHEREAS, the Reorganization Team looked at the budget and determined that a request needed to be made to transfer funding from the budgeted pool of temporary,unclassified personnel to the permanent part-time salary line item in the Adult Services Division; and, WHEREAS,the transfer of temporary,unclassified personnel funds,along with the savings from benefits and salary related to the retirement of the tenured librarian, will allow for two new permanent part-time positions for Adult Services; and, WHEREAS, the Library is requesting approval to reassign the vacant full-time librarian position from Adult Services to the Youth Services Division, and to add the equivalent of one full- time employee (1 FTE) by hiring two half-time Adult Services library assistants. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that moving of one FTE(Grade 58)to the Youth Services Division and adding one FTE(two part- time employees at Grade 57) to the Adult Services Division are hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 14th day of October, 2014. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Gartin Seconded by: Corrieri Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Goodman,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 14`h day of October, 2014.