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AGENDA ITEM—1 C --A EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: April 13, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers David Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Todd Blomstrom, Public Works Director/City Engineer SUBJECT: Public Works Temporary Work Schedule Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Sources: N/A N/A N/A Council Should Consider the Following City Council direction is requested regarding the status of temporary work schedules for Public Works maintenance employees. Backiround/Discussion On March 23, 2020,the Public Works Department implemented a temporary shift schedule change in response to COVID-19 with one-half of the maintenance staff working a morning shift and the other half working an afternoon/evening shift. The Department has implemented other strategies including extensive cleaning of office and break areas, a limit of one employee per vehicle, thorough cleaning of vehicle interiors between each shift, suspension of sanitary sewer system cleaning, and other recommendations from the CDC. While the temporary shift change has worked well over a short two-week period, the Public Works Department implemented a change to the shift schedule on April 13 in response to a request from IUOE Local 49 members. The following temporary shift schedule is similar to the initial schedule, but better accommodates a longer-term implementation of mitigation measures for COVID-19. 1. Local 49 employees remain organized into two separate groups, with each individual employee remaining within the assigned group unless the City must reorganize the groups due to significant employee illness. New hire employees will be distributed between the two groups at the discretion of the City. 2. Group A initially includes Arvidson, Christofore, and Gebauer. Group B initially includes Mikacevich, Mooney, and Beebe. Page 1 of 2