Jerry Czarnecki and Dan King both joined the City of Hastings about a year ago; Czarnecki as Community Development director, King as Clerk/Treasurer. Now, there’s a possibility that they may switch roles.

“During that time they have had the opportunity to become much better acquainted with the roles and duties of the various appointed positions here at the city, and we have had the opportunity to learn more about their professional skills and areas of expertise, and simply what they enjoy doing,” City Manager Jeff Mansfield said.

Czarnecki and King are currently working together in a number of areas, looking at possible staff assignment changes in January. “They actually introduced the thought some months back that an exchange of staff assignments might actually result in a better ‘fit’ here at the city for both of them, and be beneficial for the city as well,” he said.

Mansfield said they are open to the idea. The two sharing a variety of duties, working closely together to “cross-train” and learning more about each other’s positions has already proved very beneficial for the city, he said.

“If ultimately we do all agree that they should exchange roles, it would be done at the time of the staff appointments at the first meeting in January.”