Winder officials set for round two

Councilman Bob Dixon has said he wants the city to offer the new top administrator significantly less than Beck’s former salary of $128,128, and Dixon also wants the council to be actively involved in filling the position.

However, the mayor has told the council that the city charter authorizes him alone to hire employees, and he thinks the pay range should be from $80,000-$130,000.

Dixon wanted to make the salary decision in June before the job ads were posted. However, Thompson asked that the issue be placed on the agenda for discussion July 12.

In the meantime, the city has posted the ad for the position and already has closed the two-week window for applications. The job ad did not list a salary range.

MAYOR UNCERTAIN OF COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT
The mayor told the Barrow Journal

last week that the application period closed June 30 and that more than 20 people had applied for the job.

But he said he would not look at the applications until after the council’s July meetings, and he said he had not decided how much to involve the council in the hiring process.

He said he did talk to someone at the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission about assisting him in selecting the new administrator, and he said the University of Georgia Carl Vincent Institute also offers similar services.

But the mayor on July 1 had not settled on just how much to involve the council.

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