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City Council interviewing Britney Ward to serve as the Sandy City "Assistant Director of Public Works / City Engineer"
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Description/Background:
Mayor Zoltanski is proposing, for Council Advice and Consent, Britney Ward to serve in a newly created position as the Sandy City "Assistant Director of Public Works / City Engineer."
On December 12, 2017 the City Council approved a process when considering its advice and consent for mayoral appointments. The process included a background check, a current resume, a formal interview, and a possible closed session as permitted by state law to consider the character, competency, physical, or mental health of an individual. Tonight the Council will hold the formal interview. The City Council Office recommends the Council take the time it deems appropriate to interview the candidate.
Updated position specifications for a new position of "Assistant Director of Public Works / City Engineer" are attached to this agenda item and a background check of the candidate has been conducted.
Requirements:
Title 10-3b-202 of the Utah Municipal Code requires that the Mayor appoint, with the Council's advice and consent, a qualified person for the position of City Engineer.
While neither the Utah nor our own City Code require Council advice and consent for the position of "Assistant Director of Public Works" Utah Code does require Council advice and consent for the position of "City Engineer." As the proposed position encompasses the "City Engineer" position, Council Advice and Consent is required.
Title 10-3-902 of the Utah Municipal Code requires that City Engineer be licensed. "Each person appointed as city engineer shall be a registered professional engineer under Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act."
Title 4-4-5(e)(2) of the Sandy City Administrative Code places the following requirements on the position of City Engineer:
(2) City Engineer....
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