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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: December 8, 2014 <br /> Item No.: 13.c <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Consider Approval of Newly Created Positions in the 2015 City Budget <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />The 2015 budget created several new positons; six full-time Firefighters, one Right of Way <br />2 <br />Coordinator, one Network Systems Engineer, and one full-time Forester position. Below are <br />3 <br />the job summaries and salary ranges for each position. Each is a fulltime positon that will <br />4 <br />include fulltime benefits costing approximately 30% beyond the salary. All of the personnel <br />5 <br />costs for these positions have been incorporated in the 2015 budget. <br />6 <br />7 <br />Firefighter Job Summary: <br />8 <br />This position protects life and property by performing fire prevention, fire suppression, inspections, <br />9 <br />public education, hazardous materials incident mitigation, and rescue and emergency medical services. <br />10 <br />The Firefighter maintains fire equipment, apparatus and facilities, participates in training; and <br />11 <br />performs intermediate troubleshooting and analysis, makes recommendations, and keeps records as <br />12 <br />required. This position drives the standards of safety, cleanliness, and high quality of Fire services. <br />13 <br />14 <br />Salary Range: <br />Internally this position falls into grade 8 of the non-exempt ranges 23.74 – 28.60/Hr. or <br />15 <br />$49,379 - $59,488 annually. However, we anticipate that this will become a unionized position at some <br />16 <br />point. <br />17 <br />18 <br />Right of Way Coordinator Job Summary: <br />19 <br />The Right of Way Coordinatorassists in planning, coordinating, implementing, and managing the city’s <br />20 <br />rights of way programs. This position works with the Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer to <br />21 <br />define, establish, and attain the overall goals and objectives of the street lighting and right of way area <br />22 <br />for the City and performs diversified technical and management services related to the management of <br />23 <br />rights-of-way, city-wide erosion and sediment control, and existing underground City utilities. This <br />24 <br />position performs at a senior level in the assigned areas and will take the lead on projects to include <br />25 <br />research as well as mentoring interns. The incumbent also coordinates permits and record keeping. <br />26 <br />27 <br />Salary Range: <br />Internally this position falls into grade 11 of the non-exempt ranges 29.90 – 36.03/Hr. <br />28 <br />or $62,192 - $74,942 annually. <br />29 <br />30 <br />Network Systems Engineer Job Summary: <br />31 <br />Under the direction of the Information Technology Manager (IT Manager), the Network Systems <br />32 <br />Engineer is responsible for ensuring the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the network and <br />33 <br />information systems that support core organizational functions in conformity with the city, IT <br />34 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />