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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—APRIL 19, 2010 3 LB 2010 Engineering Work Plan—Hiring an Additional Civil Engineer(continued) Mayor Harpstead indicated he was in favor of the suggestion as this would greatly assist the City in reaching the 2010 work plan goals. Councilmember Holden and Councilmember Holmes were in favor of the additional staff member. Councilmember McClung stated he was not supportive of the additional staffing. He indicated this would not address the long term engineering needs of the City. It was time to bring the engineering consulting staff into the City. -- Councilmember Grant explained that he would support the engineer hire. The Council directed staff to bring this item back to the Council for a vote. A. Public Works Staffing Acting City Administrator/Finance Director Iverson indicated that at the March 15, 2010 worksession the Council discussed the Public Works maintenance staffing and workload. Part of that discussion focused on the Superintendent position versus a working foreman and the eighth maintenance position. After further discussion, there was a consensus of Council that the City should proceed with a Superintendent position. However, the Council referred the matter to the Personnel Committee for further review and requested that a recommendation be brought back to the Council for a final discussion before making a decision at the April 26th .meetin p g Acting City Administrator/Finance Director Iverson stated the Personnel Committee discussed the Public Works staffing in detail. The Committee reviewed job descriptions and determined that the best structure for Arden Hills would be a Superintendent and an eighth maintenance worker as it evaluated the specific duties that were needed. She reported the current organizational structure had a Superintendent and an eighth maintenance person within the 2010 budget. Mayor Harpstead stated he spoke with Public Works Director Hoag regarding the job description. He found that all information included within the description was necessary. Public Works Director Hoag agreed stating the Superintendent would have a wide variety of responsibilities. Councilmember Holmes questioned what job tasks were added to the description that the previous superintendent did not complete. She noted that she was in favor of adding more responsibility to this position. Acting City Administrator/Finance Director Iverson stated the engineering technician pieces were not previously the responsibility of the Superintendent.