The Edmond city council voted on July 12 to bring back the position after Mayor Dave Earling urged the council a week earlier to do so. Earling said the HR director position needed to be restored due to a bigger staff, more state and federal regulations and other responsibilities that justified the director-level position to run the department.
In lieu of an HR director, the city had promoted a former HR analyst to the position of HR manager in April 2012. Also, the city increased the pay of its director of parks, recreation and cultural services 5% to handle HR policy issues.