The Sylacauga City Council held a meeting on Tuesday and interviewed two city officials. One of them will be the head of the city’s planning and code department, and the other will be the city clerk.
Interim director Mike Whitstone is the sole candidate for the former, and Alexandra Lambert (currently a police station recorder) is the sole candidate for the latter.
The hiring process is left up to the mayor and the city’s civil service committee, and although the city council had previously voted 3-2 against further interviews, the meeting called Tuesday still had 5. Everyone was present.
After asking a short list of standard questions, the council members took no action during the convened meeting. However, next week’s meeting is expected to vote on a series of proposed amendments to the city’s pay scale that would incentivize employees with high levels of experience and advanced qualifications and degrees.
For example, Mr. Whetstone has been an interim director for over six years and will be formally transferred soon.
Lambert holds five degrees, including two master’s degrees. The most recent of the two holds a Master of Business Administration degree with honors from Touro University International.
Kim Morris, who has served as interim secretary for more than two years, plans to retire after Lambert is formally appointed.
