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Awit" ?.? City of North Olmsted 5200 Dover Center Road • North Olmsted, Ohio 44070-3129 Phone: (440) 777-8000 • Direct Line: (440) 716-4140 Fax: (440) 777-2345 Norman T. Musial, Mayor Sept. 5, 2002 To: All of Council From: Mayor Musial tt*A Subject: Motion by Councilperson Kasler to amend Ord. No. 2002-117 to remove $5,100 for the year 2002 from the Mayor's secretary line item, seconded by Councilman Gareau Jr. and passed by Council Whether on a national, state or local level, the executive branch must be afforded and is entitled to the staffing and resources that it reasonably requires to accomplish its duties and obligations. Otherwise, it is placed in an untenable, "no win" situation (i.e., unable to cany-out its mandates because of restrictions imposed by the legislative branch only to be blamed and/or criticized later by the legislative branch for its failure). Further, because of the sensitive nature of the matters involved, the position of the mayor's secretary always has been and must continue to be, recognized as unlike any "secretarial and or clerical" position in the City's government. Historically, except for possibly V. Petrigac, the Ma.yor, CEO of the City ofNorth Olmsted, currently a City of 34,113 (per 2000 census) residents with over 300 full time employees, had a full time Secretary and an Administra.tive Assistant to help the Mayor carry out the administrative duties of the Mayor's office for the City of North Olmsted. The talents of an individual Administrative Assistant dictates his or her importance of duties when working with the Mayor. I have elected to work with my Administrative Assistant for example: as my extension in solving problems; resolving issues brought to our attention by residents; responding to resident questions and concerns; representing the Mayor's office on any number of issues relative to constructing the city's new library, securing and providing me with information when requested and often prior to a request; and unilaterally making decisions within the boundaries of our inherent working relationship. Although Council controls the purse strings, Council doesn't control my administrative decisions, nor should they. I have chosen to give my Administrative Assistant maximum authority to help me to perform my job as the Mayor. My administrative decision also includes, based on observation of Mr. Soloman's work performance in the Clerk of Commission's office, to add him to my staff as a secretary providing secretarial services to assist both my Administrative Assistant and myself to be able to effectively and efficiently operate the Mayor's office. His work ethic fits in well with that of my Administrative Assistant and myself. Inherent to his position m the office of the Mayor, the CEO of the City of North Olmsted, I have designated him to be a Sec. 1. ??'d "Together We Can Make A Difference!" °?-