City Council Support Staff

Paper Summary:

This paper describes a study intended to determine the feasability of hiring support staff to assist city council members with their workload. The paper discusses several aspects of the study, including data collection, cost implications and recommendations. The paper concludes that the reasonable cost of obtaining an employee support staff member for each City Council member is well worth the City's resources sometime in the future.

Table of Contents:
Background
Data Collection
Analysis
Coordination
Cost Implications
Recommendations
Specific Role of Public Policy Analyst

From the Paper:

"At present, however, it is recommended that two secretaries be hired, one for half of the City Council, and one for the other. Further, it is recommended that two research assistants, or Public Policy Analysts, be hired, one for half of the City Council, and one to perform duties for the other half. This will allow each City Council member to perform their duties and responsibilities at an optimum level and capacity. Each new staff employee would assist the City Council members by alleviating their overwhelming workload, coordinating meetings, performing research on important legal and administrative issues."

Sample of Sources Used:

• United States Census (2000). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 31, 2007, from http://www.census.gov/.
• City Council Salaries in Major U.S. Cities (2007). Committee of Seventy Cities. Retrieved on August 23, 2007, from http://www.seventy.org/transparency/ news/0607/ salarycomp.html.
• National League of Cities (2007). Retrieved on Sept 1, 2007, from http://www.nlc.org/about_cities/ cities_101/195.aspx.

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