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Special Meeting of the City Council August 23, 2004 Page 3 versus the consulting service. The possibility of speeding up the process of getting applicants and hiring a new City Manager was also discussed. There was some concern voiced at being too hasty in making a decision about that. It was decided that Mayor Fendley would go back to the firm that provides Interim City Manager and have a report for the Council at the meeting tomorrow. Mayor Fendley reported that Chris Hartung of Waters Consulting Service had 67 applications for the City Manager position. Mr. Hartung said that they would narrow that down to from 6 to 8 candidates and would bring that to the Council in the first week of September. Mayor Fendley said they were looking at an th October 15 hire date. Mayor Fendley called for consideration of, discussion of and possible action on or direction to City Staff regarding the results of the recent salary surveys associated with filling current employee vacancies. He reminded Council that they had requested getting a review of the entry level salaries for positions that were currently open. Public Works Director Terry Townsend said the positions that he had currently that really needed to be filled were four maintenance positions in Water and Sewer. He also said the City Manager’s secretary position was open, as well as a dispatcher in the Police Department, the Water and Sewer superintendent, the Main Street Coordinator and the City Clerk. Mr. Townsend said they really needed to act on the maintenance positions. Mayor Fendley suggested the Council give staff direction on the positions that were imperative to fill now and have staff come back with recommendations on the other positions. Councilman Wilson said on the survey done by the Chamber, the average was $10.34 , but the median wage was $8.50. He felt the wage was also dependent on what that maintenance worker did and what