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r, er� � <br /> ,. ."�.„" 1880 Main Sdreea,(enterridfe, �2N'S503S <br /> s' 0.51.429 3232 or Y'aV,_6.51-429.8629 <br /> November 9, 2018 <br /> Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> 1880 Main Street <br /> Centerville, MN 55038 <br /> Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council: <br /> One of our three major goals, outlined in Centerville Forward, is Succession Planning. <br /> The following information is staff's analysis of our staffing needs for the coming year and <br /> into the foreseeable future. The issues affecting our needs are multi-faceted and complex. <br /> We have attempted to break the discussion into its component parts. <br /> GENERAL STAFFING LEVELS <br /> Earlier this year,we made two hires to fill positions held by longstanding members of staff, <br /> with unique and valuable skill sets, in the Finance Director and Lead Project Inspector <br /> positions, respectively. The Finance Director position went from a 0.1 Full Time <br /> Equivalent(FTE)(4 hrs/wk)to a 0.5 FTE(20 hrs/wk). The Lead Project Inspector position <br /> was a one for one rehire, except that a 30+ year veteran was replaced with an entry level <br /> staff member. <br /> As discussed at a few of our workshops, our staff count has fluctuated over the past 20 <br /> years or so, with a total count of nine, through much of the economic boom of the early <br /> 2000's. Staffing levels went to ten (10) full time employees at the peak in 2009 - 2011 <br /> while the city had heavy investment in infrastructure projects. A few years later, in 2014, <br /> the city bottomed out at seven (7.1)FTE employees, keeping that staff level through 2016. <br /> Those years saw little or no development, low building activity and only minor <br /> infrastructure projects. <br /> Currently, our staff count is at 7.5 FTE positions, after the addition of our part time Finance <br /> Director,in July of this year. The proposed budget for 2019 includes costs for the addition <br /> of a part time receptionist and a full time public works employee. Together, those changes <br /> would result in a total staff count of nine (9) FTE positions. Staff feels the need for these <br /> additions as the economy and development pressure have begun to look more like that of <br /> the pre-recession world. <br /> 2 <br />