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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—NOVEMBER 15, 2021 8 utilities, business licenses, utility fees, and other miscellaneous permits and penalties that are enforced by the City. Staff provided the Council with a recap on the fee schedule changes that were made in 2021, along with noting the proposed changes for 2022. Councilmember Holmes indicated she did not support waiving any rental fees for the National Guard. Councilmember Scott stated he did not like the idea of charging another governmental agency for the use of space. However, he did not anticipate the National Guard would be renting space from the City given their new space, and he was content to leave the language as is. Mayor Grant supported the National Guard having to pay for picnic shelter rentals. Councilmember Holmes requested further information regarding the after-hours call out fee. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen explained this was an added fee the City would be charging for inspections that were required after hours. Councilmember Holmes recommended the garden plot and warming house fees not be increased for 2022. Councilmember Holden stated she supported the proposed inflationary increases for the garden plots and warming houses due to inflationary increases. Councilmember Holmes agreed and stated she withdrew her objection. G. Senior Engineering Technician Discussion City Administrator Perrault stated the City Council previously authorized Staff to move forward with the recruitment of a Senior Engineering Technician; following two attempts at posting the position we do not have a viable candidate to bring forward to Council for approval. Following internal discussions with the Public Works Director/City Engineer and the Personnel Committee, we are recommending the position be re-vamped to a higher level position to attract a wider range and higher quality candidate. This new position would be an Assistant Public Works Director, it would be similar to the Assistant City Engineer position that the City previously had, but the focus would shift away from engineering and more towards operational duties, such as, project inspection/management, capital project planning and street/utility operations. It is also anticipated this position will be the direct supervisor of Recreation Activities. The Public Works Director/ City Engineer will be present to speak more to the position and answer additional questions. One additional item the Council will want to weigh in on is if we should have a job posting for this role or directly recruit qualified individuals. Councilmember Scott asked if the creation of this position would bring some work back in- house that was currently being contracted.