Changes come to Madison city departments
By Maria Rakoczy (maria@themadisonrecord.com)
MADISON – A change in Madison city departments will combine the former revenue and city clerk departments into a single department. The change is coming upon the retirement of Revenue Director Cameron Grounds. It merges revenue into the city clerk’s office and increases the grades of the Deputy City Clerk Treasurer and Deputy City Clerk License and Revenue Officer to grades twelve as those positions acquire more supervisory responsibilities.
“This is also an opportunity to merge these two smaller department and keep those treasury functions under one umbrella of the city clerk department,” Director of Human Resources Megan Zingarelli stated.
The Deputy Court Clerk will likewise receive a grade increase to a twelve, in line with the other deputy promotions. A city employee, Gladys Williams, took issue with the Deputy Court Clerk’s grade increase in public comments, asking for pay increases across the board instead of for a select few.
She said, “If a pay grade increase is considered for some due to a workflow increase, it only seems fair that it should be considered for all in the department.”
Mayor Paul Finley responded to Williams with a promise that widespread changes are coming to city positions in the future, “We have to start some place and tonight’s where we’re starting. We’ll continue from there.”
Additional items addressed include:
- Video recording, archiving, and livestream of May 8th City Council Work Session
The city issued a statement after some complaints saying they are aware of a technical issue with published agenda files not showing correctly on the city’s website: www.madisonal.gov. “Our IT team is currently working with our archive host to find a solution to the problem. We expect to have a solution by May 14th,” a statement from the Mayor’s office explained. “In the meantime, the public can still access the Agenda files by downloading them. To do this, simply click on the “Download” arrow and select “Agenda-PDF” next to the file you wish to view.”
- Permissive Use Agreement with Huntsville Utilities for City use of property near Mose Chapel Road potentially as a recreation area
- Payment to Rogers Group, Inc. for $9,877.85 for work performed on the Sullivan Street widening construction performed through March 31, 2023
- Professional Services Agreement with S&ME for Environmental Consulting Services to develop an ADEM-required Monitoring Program and a revised Storm Water Monitoring Program Plan for $9,350
- First Reading for amending the City’s Fire Code
- Agreement with Renegade Fencing for installation of perimeter fencing at the Kids Kingdom playground in Dublin Park for $80,000
- Agreement with Pyro Shows for Independence Day celebration fireworks show for $14,999
The council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, May 16 at 12 pm where they will be canvassing the ballots from the city manager special election on Tuesday, May 9. The next work session on Wednesday, May 17 will be held an hour later than regularly scheduled at 6:30 pm.
