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Special City Council Meeting Thursday,July 18, 2013 Page 20 Councilmember Laliberte clarified and Mr. Trudgeon confirmed that his intent would ultimately be for the Senior Office Assistant to be under the supervision only to the Assistant to the City Manger/City Clerk, and not a shared direct report of that position and the Human Resources Manager. Councilmember McGehee spoke in opposition of one (1) person serving in the role of Assistant to the City Manager and City Clerk, opining that it was a two (2) person job, with the City Clerk needed to focus on documentation reporting to the City Manager and a Senior Office Assistant reporting to the Assistant to the City Manager. Based on her business experience, Councilmember McGehee opined that the positions would be a better mix even if divided from full-time. Mayor Roe clarified that, by ordinance, the City Manager is the City Clerk and designates that authority as applicable. Mayor Roe further noted that the City Council should not determine the analysis of duties or responsibilities for various functions, as that was a Human Resources function. Mr. Trudgeon noted that there were a lot of duties listed that needed further re- finement from his initial analysis. Councilmember Laliberte suggested that whether part of the 2014 budget or even- tual reorganization, rather than a Senior Office Assistant position split between the Human Resources and Administrative function, she thought a part-time Hu- man Resources Assistant may be more prudent; and if the City Clerk position was found to be too big, at least it would provide better support overall. Mayor Roe noted that that would create more than one FTE under those two (2) positions. Recognizing that Mr. Trudgeon listed this as a future budget challenge, Mayor Roe recognized that the City Council was seeing it as a current Human Re- sources challenge as well. Councilmember Willmus spoke in support of the preliminary recommendations as laid out by Mr. Trudgeon; and suggested that another consideration for the Com- mission Task Force may be to transfer staff liaison support for the Human Rights Commission (HRC) from administration to a more collaborative effort for staff support from emergency services personnel. Councilmember Willmus opined that this would provide more opportunity for a better connection with the HRC and outreach by emergency services personnel to under-represented members of the community. Councilmember McGehee suggested a different option would be to combine the HRC and Civic Engagement citizen advisory opportunities under Administration as part of the face of Roseville in reaching out across the board.