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RESOLUTION APPROVING PAY AND BENEFITS PLAN FOR THE APPOINTED POSITION OF CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO CHAPTER IV, SECTION 26 OF THE DULUTH HOME RULE CHARTER.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to Chapter IV, Section 26 of the Duluth Home Rule Charter, the mayor shall appoint the city attorney, subject to confirmation by the city council by a simple majority vote. The city council shall also approve the pay and benefits plan for the appointed city attorney.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that mayor Don Ness appointed Gunnar B. Johnson as the city attorney, said action which was duly confirmed by the city council by simple majority vote.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the employment contract for current city attorney Gunnar B. Johnson expired December 31, 2014.
FURTHER RESOLVED, effective to January 1, 2015, the proper city officials are hereby authorized to execute employment documents necessary to compensate the appointed city attorney Gunnar B. Johnson with basic annual pay at Job Range Number 1170, Step E ($119,904 in 2015, $124,104 in 2016, and $127,212 in 2017) as a department head pursuant to article 8.4, including all other pay and benefits further-described in the 2015-2017 collective bargaining agreement between the city and City of Duluth Supervisory Association, which is on file in the office of the city auditor as contract number 22755, and any successor collective bargaining agreement between the city and City of Duluth Supervisory Association.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the city attorney shall earn and accrue paid leave and end-of-the-year paid leave conversions at the highest rate further-described in the collective bargaining agreement.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the date that Gunnar B. Johnson was first appointed as city attorney by mayor Don Ness shall be deemed his date of hire pursuant to the pay and benefits in the 2015-2017 collective bargaining agreement.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the provisions of resolutions 13-0934R, 08-0315R, a...
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