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In the July meeting of the Keota City Council, officials discussed the need for a part-time position to assist current City Administrator and Clerk Alycia Horras. Council members noted that Horras has acquired funding for the city through her administrator role, which includes grant writing and managing new projects, and that the council would like to see her have the ability to focus more effort on those tasks. The current workload cuts into time for that and sometimes requires Horras to be pulled away from City Hall, leading it to be closed during regularly scheduled open hours. It was determined, in order to supply Horras with the necessary time for Administrator work, the city needs to employ a Part-time, Assistant City Clerk. Discussion between council members on this position’s function settled on handling day-to-day officework. The hiring committee finalized the wage and job description.

 During the August meeting of the council, Mayor Tony Cansler stated in his comments that he, Horras and councilmen Mike Bender and Heath McDonald met regarding the part-time City Clerk position with a plan to post the ad and begin the search.