Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council, Tuesday directed the city attorney to authorize up to $25,000 for a separation package with the operations manager.

Council Member David Schloegel was not present.

Mayor Dwaine Heinrich was then directed to sign the document pending City Attorney Leo Ryan’s review.

Deputy Auditor Jay Sveum asked the council to consider looking at the department as a whole.

City Administrator Sarah Hellekson says the position oversees two different departments. Sveum says they’d like to decide what would be in the best interest of the city right now.

Mayor Dwaine Heinrich and Council Member Dan Buchanan both agreed with not hiring an operations manager at this time.

Sveum said it’s possible to explore their current roster and determine, if operations can be streamlined. No further decisions were made.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67 followed by replays.