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Lauderdale welcomes a new deputy clerk on staff by Michelle Lynn Noha Shorthanded for six months, the Lauderdale City Hall staff „ welcomed the arrival of new +� v. ,: , � deputy clerk James Bownik in mid- - t' February with open arms. Until Bownik's appointment,' City Administrator Rick Getschow * s .'.1 ' - and Administrative Analyst Dan ' °""'." ; ,i Y. Olson had been assuming deputy . '' 0 clerk responsibilities in addition to OT '.'' ` their own duties. p When you only have three staff members and you lose one, that's ,.; -' one -third of your staff," Getschow said. "That's huge! A lot of things ';- came up (in the past six months), including elections. I became 70 James Bownik percent city administrator and 30 percent deputy clerk. Now 1 can go interest in city planning. back to being 100 percent city Since graduating from St. Cloud administrator." State University in 1995, Bownik Bownik, a St. Cloud State has been exposed to grant writing University graduate and recent and zoning as a temporary planner administrative and planning intern for the city of Centerville, said a Clerk... college introductory class on local and urban affairs sparked his Continued onPage5 Continued from Front Page - assistant with a regional development commission in Appleton, Minn. His achievements included writing an outdoor recreation grant proposal that ultimately was funded by the Department of Natural Resources. Bownik's title as deputy clerk for the city of Lauderdale was recently hanged from administrative assistant. In addition to providing customer ervice for residents of Lauderdale, Bownik is responsible for the city's n ewsletter, elections, payroll and utility billing. He also is the recycling coordinator and serves on both the Park and Community Involvement Committee and the 50th Anniversary Committee. "The city of Lauderdale and I are a good match," Bow nik said. "1 like smaller cities in a large metropolitan area." I Bownik added that his future professional goals include staying in the city planning and administrative field, and perhaps attending graduate tchool to pursue a master's degree in public administration, but not I mmediately. `I've -feet my goals for a while," Bownik concluded. Bownik resides in Vadnai Heights with his wife Staci.