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. . . ~ ~~ILLS Approvcd: CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JUI~Y to, 2006; 8:52 P.M. ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER Mayor Aplikowski called the meeting to ordcr at 8:52 p.m. Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: Brenda Holden, Gregg Larson, David Grant and Vincent Pellegrin. Absent: None Staff Present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Assistant City Administrator, Schawn Jolmson; and Recreation Supervisor, Michelle Olson. Opcrations and Maintenance Department Orl!anizational Structure City Administrator Michelle Wolfe provided the City Council with an overview of four differcnt organizational charts that arc bcing proposed for the Opcrations and Maintenance Depaltment. Chart A illustrates the structure that preceded the current structure. The Chart A structure allows more focused attention on parks, trails and recreation due to the scparation from public works. The weakncsscs of this structure are that you losc flexibility from your labor pool; it adds another management position and department to the City structure which includes added costs, and potentially weakens tbe ability to pool resources as needed. Chart B illustrates the current structure. Strcngths of this structure include increased flexibility from the labor pool, operating and cost efficiencies, less management overhead, and cross training opportunities. A potential weakness is the concern that some areas of the Operations and Maintenancc Department may not be maintained as efficiently. Chart C illustrates somcwhat of a hybrid between Charts A and B. It contemplates splitting out some ofthc Parks and Recreation activities from O&M and changing the name ofthe department back to Public Works. However, it maintains the labor pool concept lor maintenance of parks and trails and other related activities. Parks planning and rccrcation activities would be managed