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. . . ~ ~R~~~J-IILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: September 15, 2004 ITEM:2E TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Michelle A. Wolle, City Administrator ~ SUBJECT: Civil Engineer Position Backe:round In March 2004, the City Council approved a job description for the position of Civil Engineer and authorized staff to proceed with recruitment. However, before we could get started we received a resignation notice from a department head-level position, which at the time left us with two vacancies to fill on staff. We deferred the recruitment until such time that the Assistant to the City Administrator position was filled. As you know, Schawn Johnson has been hired for that position and is now on-board, Discussion We have an approved job description, salary range, and authorization to proceed, Johnson has begun preliminary recruitment work, However, I wanted to review a concepts with the City Council. Schawn few key There is general agreement at the staff level that the addition of a ei viI engineer position would be advantageous for the following reasons: I. Customer Serviee - to have engineering expeliise in house would provide a higher level of service to our residents. 2. Cost Savirigs (direct and indirect) - an in-house engineer would provide cost savings opportunities since hislher time would be less expensive than a contract engineer. Some of the savings would be direct. some would be in direct in the form of cost avoidance (if not for having this position, we would have to contract for the work.) 3. Growing need - our need tin engineering assistance has been growing and wiH continue to grow. The city has been undeliaking infrastructure improvement projects with the pavement management program, and there have also been many utility-related projects in recent years. The TCAAP redevelopment will greatly impact our needs for engineering as~jstance_