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lt EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: April 30, 2012 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Patrick Klaers, City Administrator FROM: Sue Iverson, Director of Finance and Administrative Services SUBJECT: Appointment of Deputy Clerk Background The City currently has a vacancy in the position of Deputy Clerk. The top priority is to fill the Deputy Clerk position to ensure the City's official administrative activities, as listed in the attached Deputy Clerk job description, continue to be effectively carried out. This workload has temporarily been absorbed by the Finance and Office Support staff. Discussion There were 37 applicants for this position. Six applicants were interviewed by the City Administrator and Director of Finance and Administrative Services and two of these applicants were brought back for second interviews. The person staff believes is the top candidate is Amy Dietl. Attached, under separate cover for Council review, is Amy's application. Criminal background checks have been completed, as well as professional evaluations. We are waiting for personal reference and background checks to be completed. All data received to this date has been satisfactory. Staff Recommendation Staff recommends appointing Amy Dietl to the position of Deputy Clerk for the City of Arden Hills at Pay Grade 7, Step 3, which is a salary of$55,086, contingent upon satisfactory reference and background checks.