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...... . . .... <br /> .. . ... <br /> EN WILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: April 19, 2010 Item LA <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Personnel Committee <br /> Sue Iverson,Acting City Administrator <br /> Finance Director/Treasurer <br /> SUBJECT: Public Works Staffing <br /> Backtround <br /> At the March 159 2010, worksession, Council discussed the Public Works maintenance <br /> staffing and workload. Part of that discussion focused on the Superintendent position <br /> versus a Working Foreman and the eighth maintenance position. As a result of that <br /> discussion, there was a consensus of the Council that the City should proceed with a <br /> Superintendent position. However, the Council referred the matter to the Personnel <br /> Committee for further review and requested that a recommendation be brought to the full <br /> Council at the April worksession for a final discussion and then the April 26 Council <br /> meeting for approval. <br /> Discussion <br /> The Personnel Committee met on March 31 and April 1 to discuss Public Works staffing. <br /> The Personnel Committee looked at various job descriptions from Roseville and other <br /> communities to determine the needs for Arden Hills. The major factors the committee <br /> used to evaluate the needs and structure were: <br /> 1. Cost; <br /> 2. Representation of the City on projects including overseeing Engineering projects <br /> as assigned; <br /> 3. Administrative coordination of the City records and day-to-day supervision of the <br /> public works maintenance crew; and, <br /> 4. Management of the annual workload cycle of Public Works. <br /> The committee reviewed job descriptions for the following positions: Public Works <br /> Directors, City Engineers, Engineering Technicians, Public Works Supervisors, Public <br /> Works Foremen, Public Works Superintendents, and Project Managers. The committee <br /> determined that the best structure for Arden Hills would be a Superintendent and an <br /> City Council Meeting <br /> \\Metro-inet\ardenhills\Admin\Council\Agendas&Packet Information\20 1 0\4-19-10 Worksession\Packet <br /> Information\Public_Works_Staffing_PC_Recommendation.doc <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />