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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 9, 2013 11 Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson explained that staff was spending a great deal of time training the interns as they come and go from the City. She commented that a permanent part-time employee would stabilize the staffing in the Finance Department. In addition,the training would only have to be completed once. Mayor Grant supported adding back the interns as he did not want to see a regular part-time employee added. Councilmember Holden called the question. The amendment carried (5-0). AMENDMENT: Councilmember McClung moved and Councilmember Werner seconded a motion to remove the Engineering Intern for a General Fund savings of$2,584. Public Works Director Maurer stated that this position was not a position of need, but would allow for a specific project to be completed by his department. He wanted to have all paper as- builts made electronically available to his department. He stated that if this was not approved, he would request approval from the Council at a future time. Councilmember Werner questioned the expense for this .5 FTE to the City. Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson indicated that the total expense for the .5 Engineering FTE would be $12,918. The intern would be paid $10 per hour for six months and no benefits would be provided. Councilmember McClung stated that this was not a crucial item that had to be completed and he did not support the staffing expense. The amendment failed (2-3) (Holden, Holmes and Mayor Grant opposed). Councilmember Holmes requested that the Council discuss the 1.5 FTE interns for the Finance Department due to the fact the Council eliminated the permanent part-time position. She indicated that staff estimated the expense for the interns to be $17,000. AMENDMENT: Councilmember Holmes moved to add $4,250 to the General Fund budget for 1.5 FTE's for the Finance and Administrative Services Departments. The amendment motion failed for lack of a second. Councilmember Holden inquired what a.5 intern FTE cost the City. Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson stated that the expense for the entire budget would be $10,400 plus FICA. This would cost a total of about $13,000.