The music has stopped; five city employees dashed for chairs and three of them found them.

All of the positions at the city targeted for layoffs are gone. Three of the five people who got layoff notices found jobs inside the city and the other two have departed.

And there’s one open position at the city.

“Friday was the last day of the layoffs,” said human resources director Connie Hickman.

Two of those in the community development department whose positions were eliminated due to general fund budget cuts found new jobs paid for by budgets other than the general fund. One is now working in finance, in a lateral position being paid out of split funds—water and wastewater monies.

The other took a voluntary demotion and is working in public works in a job that’s also paid from split funds—the general fund and the water fund.

At the Thousand Oaks Library, a librarian position was eliminated. That librarian used seniority to bump a library assistant out of a job. That library assistant quickly scrambled to a library aide position just made available by the former aide’s promotion to the finance department. Both the library aide position and the new finance position are paid from the general fund.

Library positions are said to come out of the library fund, but the library fund is funded by the general fund.

“We saved the money from those positions because those positions no longer exist,” Hickman said.

None of those positions were advertised or open to the public to be filled.

The city is, however, advertising for a new deputy city clerk. The current clerk is retiring in August.

The city is looking for a “team player who motivates and assists in the planning, organizing, directing of department operations, programs, services and staff.” The successful candidate must also be able to “effectively interpret and apply pertinent federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations” and “have experience in records management.”

The position will report to the city clerk and supervise six employees.

To attract a new deputy city clerk, the city describes itself as “being in the forefront of environmental quality and protection” and “reducing our carbon footprint.”

The salary range for the position is $5,542 to $6,927 a month and comes with an extra 7 percent of the salary as paid retirement contribution. The first application review will be on Aug. 2.

A four-year degree in a related major is required. Five years’ experience as a city or county clerk and two years in management is preferred.

For more information, call the city’s human resources department at (805) 449-2144.