DATE: March 11, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: UPDATE JOB DESCRIPTION AND PAY RANGE FOR APPROVED SUPERVISING ACCOUNTANT POSITION AND RECLASSIFY TO SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve a reclassification, inclusive of an updated pay range, job description and job title for the previously-approved Supervising Accountant position to Senior Accountant.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The City currently employs two full-time benefited Supervising Accountant positions, with one position in the Housing and Neighborhood Services Department and one within the Financial Services Department. The Supervising Accountant position within Housing and Neighborhood Services Department was vacated with the retirement of a long-standing employee in 2020. Due to a lack of qualified candidates, the Department experienced several unsuccessful recruitment attempts. In 2023, the Department was able to fill the vacancy but the position was recently vacated in January 2026.
The nature of the position within the Housing and Neighborhood Services Department has evolved over the years given the highly technical and regulated requirements of the job in complying with numerous grant and financial assistance programs at the local, state and federal level and the demand for financial accountability and performance placed upon the City. Based upon the knowledge, skills and experience needed to perform the duties, modifications to the Job Title, Job Description and associated Pay Range, resulting in a position reclassification, are necessitated to secure a highly qualified incumbent for the current vacancy.
The Housing and Neighborhood Services Department is responsible for managing a $24 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance program, as well as a $2 million HUD CDBG/HOME entitlement program, ...
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