Commercial Point council discusses hiring full-time village administrator, flags salary and duties

Council members at a Village of Commercial Point meeting discussed hiring a full-time village administrator to replace the part-time role currently paid roughly $24,000 a year. Members said comparable full-time administrators in nearby municipalities such as South Bloomfield and Asheville have salaries “a little over $100,000,” and that full-time employment would typically be defined as more than 32 hours per week; the council said it expects the new administrator to work about 40 hours per week and to receive benefits.

Council members asked whether the village should revise the current, part-time job description to a full-time administrator description that emphasizes public-administration experience, personnel supervision, and familiarity with operations (water and sewer oversight was discussed as desirable experience but not a strict licensure requirement). Staff noted that some villages combine functions differently; the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) establishes statutory roles and responsibilities that frame how municipalities assign duties.

Members said benefits and retirement add roughly 28% to salary costs, and they discussed budgeting timing: take time for due diligence (30–45 days of outreach to similarly sized communities), then budget for a full-time administrator in next year's budget if council chooses. Several council members said the village needs a candidate who can manage day-to-day operations, coordinate with engineers and contractors and oversee programs while the mayor remains focused on policy and vision.

Council did not adopt a hiring motion at the meeting. The group asked staff to rewrite the job description for a full-time administrator, to compile comparative salary and organizational-structure information from similar statutory villages and small cities, and to bring findings to a future council meeting for budgeting and potential recruitment.