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Request for Council Action
Prepared By: Patrick Klaers,
City Administrator
Budgeted Amount:
N/A
Recommendation:
Council Meeting Date: November 29, 2010
Approve Adding the City Engineer Title and Responsibilities to the Public Works Director
Position.
Actual Amount:
N/A
Funding Source:
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1. Motion to Approve Adding the City Engineer Title and Responsibilities to the
Public Works Director Position.
Supporting Documents:
1. Memo from City Administrator Patrick Klaers dated November 29, 2010.
2. October 11, 2010 memo from City Engineer Deb Bloom.
BEN HILLS
MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 29, 2010
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator
SUBJECT: City Engineer
Background
Over the past few months City Staff has discussed the benefits for having Public Works
Director Terry Maurer also serve as the City Engineer. Some of the benefits include
saving some money by way of reducing Roseville supervisory time, being more involved
in the supervision of the Engineering services, and being able to have Terry be appointed
to various advisory boards as the Arden Hills City Engineer.
The Personnel Committee reviewed this proposal at their November 10 meeting and the
City Council discussed the issue at their November 15 meeting. Please see the attached
email from Deb Bloom, Roseville City Engineer, on this proposal.
If this request is approved by the City Council, a sentence will be added to the Public
Works Director position description.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council approve adding the title and responsibilities of
City Engineer to the Public Works Director position.
Patrick Klaers
From: Deb Bloom
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 1:57 PM
To: Patrick Klaers
Cc: Terry Maurer; Duane Schwartz; Bill Malinen
Subject: Arden Hilis City Engineer Designation
With the addition of Terry Mauer as the Public Works Director, it has become clear that it
would be in the best interest of Arden Hills for Roseville to relinquish our role as the
Arden Hilis City Engineer.
It has always been our goal to act in the best interests of Arden Hills. By having the City
Engineer be the Arden Hills Public Works Director it will cut down on Roseville Engineering
service hours. This will be accomplished by a reduction in my involvement in the day to day
activities of our staff that are assigned to Arden Hills. Both Kristine Giga and Matt
Woodruff will report directly to Terry for work direction, however, as described in the Joint
Powers Agreement, section E, I will still act as their supervisor for purposes of performance
review and discipline. I feel confident that Terry and I will work well together on ensuring
that Roseville staff are completing their assigned work tasks in a timely manner and in such
a way that they meet the policies of the City of Arden Hills.
I look forward to working with you and Terry as Roseville's role at Arden Hills continues to
evolve.
Please let me know if you have questions.
City of Roseville
Debra M. Bloom P.E.
City Engineer
Assistant Public Works Director
Phone: 651 792 -7042 Fax: 651- 792 -7040
Mobile: 651 775 -6266
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