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REPORT 6.28 Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council City Council Member Barbara Pierce December 10, 2007 SUBJECT Resolution approving the appointment of City Clerk ReCOMMENDATION By resolution appoint Silvia Vonderlinden as the City Clerk ofthe City of RedWood City and authorize the Mayor to execute an employment agreement with Silvia Vanderlinden for the position. BACKGROUND In June 2007, the current City Clerk, Patricia Howe, announced her intentions to retire in November 2007. The City Council directed the Human Resources Department to begin a recruitment process for a new City Clerk. During the recruitment process, the entire City Council interviewed candidates. The comments received from this process were uniformly positive about Ms. Vanderlinden's knowledge, skills, background, experiences and integrity. The City Council directed staff to conduct reference checks and obtain background information regarding Ms. Vanderlinden's education and experience. After successfulfy completing the background process, a subcommittee of the Council comprised of Mayor Foust and Council Members Ira and Pierce began negotiating a job offer with Ms. Vonderlinden. That process has been completed and the terms and conditions of the job offer are included in the attached employment agreement. If approved by Council, Mayor Foust will execute the agreement on the City's behalf. The principle features of the Employment Agreement are: Ms. Vanderlinden will start working for the City as City Clerk on December 27, 2007. Ms. Vonderlinden's base rate of pay will be $3,889.60 per biweekly pay period which equates to $8,427.47 per month. This salary is derived from a salary survey recently prepared for the subcommittee. The starting salary is competitive with other cities in the Bay Area. Ms. Vonderlinden will be offered the standard benefits offered to other executive management employees which is attached to the employment agreement as Appendix A. This salary is competitive with similarly sized cities in the South Bay Area.