29 Applications Received For New City Recorder Position (published 12/15/2007)

A committee of three is expected to move forward this week on selecting candidates to interview for the position of city recorder.

The city of Eagleville received 29 applications for the position that was vacated by City Recorder Michelle Bennett on Oct. 31.

"We will not finalize any of that until early next week, then we will start doing the interview process," Mayor Nolan Barham said Friday.

The selection committee includes Barham, former Eagleville city recorder Linda Vincion, who is the wife of Councilman Harold Vincion, and Murfreesboro Assistant City Manager Rob Lyons.

Once the interview process is completed, the committee is expected to submit one person to council members for the councilmen’s consideration. Barham indicated earlier he may call a special council meeting to present the committee’s recommendation to council members.

Applicants for the city recorder position are from Eagleville, Rockvale, Unionville, Chapel Hill, Woodbury, College Grove and Murfreesboro.

The applicants have a wide range of experience, including medical field accounting, bank and insurance experience, customer service, real estate, general accounting, human resources, U.S. military, purchasing, retail sales management and construction company accounting.

Applicants for the job are required to be able to operate a computer and other office equipment, prepare an annual budget, keep books and other financial records, serve as financial director and custodian of all city records, supervise subordinates, maintain insurance coverage, deposit and receive city funds, issue licenses, keep up with a variety of records, prepare notices and purchase supplies, according to the published job notice.

The city recorder job will pay $2,000 a month through June 30, 2008, and the salary is expected to be reviewed for the next budget year. Because of tight city finances, council members have discussed considering only a cost of living raise as a general rule.

They have also agreed to offer the current health savings plan benefit to the new city recorder in which the city contributes $100 a month.

Councilmen have discussed having office hours at city hall from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. five days a week with the city recorder having an hour off for lunch, which would make a 37.5 hour week. The 37.5 hours would be the minimum number of hours for a full-time employee, Barham said.

The city recorder position would be a salaried position and would not include overtime pay.

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