Council to discuss replacing city manager with finance director Monday

The Maricopa City Council will meet in a hastily called special session early Monday morning to consider appointing the finance director as interim city manager and making the current manager his assistant (see related story).

The meeting, the agenda for which is posted below, will be at 7:30 a.m. at Maricopa City Hall, 45145 W. Madison Ave. It was called to discuss a request by city manager Rick Buss to take on the role of assistant city manager. Buss, the only city manager since Maricopa’s incorporation in 2003, requested he be allowed to accept the assistant manager’s position and the city would search for a new full-time city manager.

A resolution will be discussed on appointing Roger Kolman as an interim city manager and establishing a salary for that office. City council will also discuss and possibly take action relative to informing staff on the process of recruitment for the city manager office.

According to Buss, the need for an assistant city manager is due to a heavy workload in the city manager’s office. The position was posted on the City’s Web site earlier this month, and will run until July 26 or until filled.

The salary for the assistant city manager is listed at around $116,000. Buss said his current salary as acting city manager is $120,000.

Photo by Aaron Thacker

Maricopa City Council Special Meeting
Monday, July 2, 2007 at 7:30 am
Maricopa City Hall 45145 W. Madison Ave.
Maricopa, AZ 85239

1.0 Call To Order

1.1 Invocation

1.2 Pledge of Allegiance

2.0 Roll Call

3.0 Minutes

3.1 There are no minutes set for approval at this meeting

4.0 Public Hearings

4.1 There are no public hearings scheduled.

5.0 Agenda Items
Items on the agenda are open for citizen input. Please fill out a card and present it to the City Clerk before the meeting begins. The mayor will call upon you for your comments.

5.1 Resolution 07-35. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, appointing Rick Buss as the Assistant City Manager and establishing a salary for the Assistant City Manager office. Discussion and Action.

5.2 Resolution 07-36. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, appointing Roger Kolman as an Interim City Manager and establishing a salary for the Interim City Manager office. Discussion and Action.

5.3 Recruitment for City Manager. The City Council shall discuss and possible take action relative to directing staff on the process of recruitment for the City Manager office. Discussion and Action.

6.0 Call to the Public
The procedures to follow if you address the Council are: Council requests that you express your ideas in five minutes or less and refrain from any personal attacks or derogatory statements about any City employee, a fellow citizen, or anyone else, whether in the audience or not. The Mayor will limit discussion whenever he deems such an action appropriate to the proper conduct of the meeting. At the conclusion of an open call to the public, individual members of the Council may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the Council, may ask Staff to review a matter, or may ask that a matter be put on a future agenda. However, members of the Council shall not discuss or take legal action on any matters during an open call to the public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action.

7.0 Adjournment

Note: This meeting is open to the public. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Supporting documents and staff reports, which were furnished to the Council with this Agenda, are available for review.