Some council members wanted to use interns to help tham instead of hiring for permanent positions.
A proposal to add part-time administrative support for Antioch’s mayor and council members was postponed, with council members asking instead for the city to consider hiring interns.
Currently, the city manager’s secretary provides such help to the council and mayor. The new employees would help to prepare and file documents, keep records and perform receptionist duties, according to the staff report.“I believe that if a council member works a full-time job somewhere else and has either underage children or a senior or somebody that they’re responsible for, then they should have the opportunity for an assistant to help with some of the city business,” Leslie May said.
In nearby Concord, the city council members and mayor receive support from the city manager’s administrative assistant but may temporarily hire more assistants to help, while in smaller-sized Brentwood, the council members and mayor get help from the city manager’s assistant.“We get them trained … but the frustrating thing is they leave,” he said of the college interns.
The council also briefly discussed a possible 16% council pay raise — 5% for each of four years — would take effect in 2025, but the item did not move forward.
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