Thursday, July 23, 2009

418: El Cerrito 1991: Should we be spending $43,961 for this new employee?

418.

Published news story by Lurene K. Helzer, July 6, 1991, The El Cerrito Journal, “El Cerrito expands its workforce”. This might not be the final version of the story, because it’s on regular paper, but any difference between this version and the final version was probably minimal.

Story is short one about El Cerrito’s council wanting to hire a liaison to act as a communication link between the city’s residents and its elected leaders:

El Cerrito wants to hire an employee to act as a liaison between the government and residents, but the city council is divided on how long this job should last and what the nature of the job should be for the $43,961 yearly salary.

Councilmember Bob Bacon, supporting a cautious approach to any new positions in the city staff in lean times, wanted the position clearly specified as temporary and a more precise job description.

“Frankly, I view the liaison position as our job,” said Bacon, implying that city council members are obliged to act as community liaisons themselves.

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