SEVEN HILLS, Ohio — City Council is expected to soon pass a new pay range for the position of part-time deputy finance director.
“This minor finance change is just regular business,” Seven Hills Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta said.
“It hasn’t been updated in six years. The marketplace is incredibly tight for experienced finance professionals, so this is just doing our due diligence for a periodic update.”
The part-time deputy finance director position has a pay range of $22.80 to $39.06 with William VonAlt currently making $39 an hour.
If passed, the updated pay range jumps to $41.12 to $50.
“This pay range reflects the current market rate and also is absolutely deserving to keep a key employee, such as our current deputy finance director, William VonAlt,” he said
“He has a master’s degree, various certifications and over 40 years of job experience — mostly as a CFO and finance director. We’re incredibly lucky to have him.”
With the new salary range, the mayor said he plans on increasing his hourly wage to $48, which also leaves room for future cost-of-living adjustments.
Biasiotta noted the timing of the salary range update is both due to VonAlt’s performance but also staying competitive in the marketplace.
The city’s current Finance Director Aaron Frank is also part-time, earning $46,000 annually.
“Our finance department is in excellent hands, so we’re always looking down the road to ensure that it stays that way,” he said.
The mayor noted that as recently as 2019 the city had a full-time finance director and a full-time deputy.
The former earned $96,000 plus benefits, while the latter made $39 an hour.
“We found a way here with qualified people in a budget-friendly situation where both positions are part-time,” he said.
“When you factor this part-time deputy’s pay after this and the current finance director’s pay — and the fact they don’t have benefits — the total package for these two is less than what we’re paying both people. So we’re lucky and fortunate at this time.”
Seven Hills over the last few years has been continually updating pay ranges and salaries for director and supervisor positions, as well as a new mayor’s salary beginning with the position’s next term.
“The next department to get the top-to-bottom look is our law department,” he said.
“I’ll look over that during the next couple of months and introduce proposals to City Council to bring our law department up to current standards and make it competitive with our peers.”
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