Special Board of Aldermen Public Hearing Page 14
position in the city should have a job description plus what the qualifications is for that job? Am |
correct?
Mayor Donchess
| think every position does have a job description.
Paula Johnson
Okay.
Mayor Donchess
If there are positions without job descriptions, then | will ask Human Resource Director to make sure
we do have job descriptions.
Paula Johnson
| just want to make sure that when you hire somebody it’s based on the job description and their
qualifications that they’re going into that position to meet those qualifications not that you might not
have a job description and you’re going to make the job description around that person’s qualification
to put in the job.
Now | know there were some other things. You just brought up about what Mr. Teeboom about
different communities like Hartford, Connecticut, and other places, bringing jobs in so we can move
this city forward. Some of it was — or maybe it was me — with the $200,000 in communities like
Hartford, Cambridge, and Lawrence and all that. Can you define for me are we a welcoming city or a
sanctuary city here?
Mayor Donchess
We're a welcoming city. | think in the end contrary to my wishes, the aldermen may change that
participatory budget based upon on what I’ve heard. We'll see. Maybe we shouldn’t spend too much
time on that. We're a welcoming city.
Paula Johnson
What’s the difference between a welcoming city and a sanctuary city?
Mayor Donchess
| don’t really think that has much to do about the budget.
Paula Johnson
| think so. | think it does when anything that federal funding...
Chairman Dowd
Ms. Johnson is that a question relative to the budget?
