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Attachment 1 157 Investmentto Maintain City Programs and 158 Workforce 159 160 Reclassification of personnel 161 162 Increase Part-Time Forester to Full-Time Forestry and Natural Resources Supervisor 163 In early 2024, the half-time Forestry Coordinator retired, which allowed the City to reevaluate its 164 approach towards maintaining of the urban forest and overall approach towards natural resources 165 management. In the 2025 budget, the Parks and Recreation Director and I propose to change the 166 half-time position of Forestry Coordinator to a full-time Forestry and Natural Resources 167 Supervisor. This change is needed to provide more capacity to manage the nearly 1,400 new 168 public trees planted as part of the replacement of trees impacted by Emerald Ash Borer. In 169 addition, this position will bring more resources and capacity to help implement the Natural 170 Resources Renewal program, which has been identified as a key priority by the City Council and 171 the community. Additional information about the position and the need for it is included as an 172 attachment to this memo from the Parks and Recreation Director. 173 174 Impact to tax levy in 2025: $0 (Increased cost is $58,926in wages and benefits which will be paid 175 from the Park Maintenance Fund 176 177 Increase in Full-Time Equivalent staff (FTE): 0.5 FTE 178 179 Increase 3 part-time License Center Representatives to Full-Time 180 Roseville’s License Center, which provides motor vehicle services (e.g. driver license issuance, 181 vehicle title registrations and changes) and processes US Passport applications, continues to see an 182 increase in demand for its services, specifically around its passport and auto dealership business. 183 That coupled, with the increase in business due to closure of the Maplewood License Center, is 184 driving the need to add additional staff hours and staff to the operation. The Finance Director and I 185 are recommending that we increase staff hours for two passport office staff from ¾ time to full- 186 timean increase of 0.5 FTE. On the License Center side, it is proposed to increase 1 ¾ time 187 position to full-time (0.25 FTE). Additional information about the position and the need for it is 188 included as an attachment to this memo from the Finance Director and License Center Manager. 189 190 Impact to tax levy in 2025: $0 (Increased cost is $59,650in wages and benefits which will be paid 191 from the License Center Fund) 192 Increase in Full-Time Equivalent staff (FTE): Passport 0.5 FTE, License Center 0.25 FTE 193 194 New positions 195 As part of the department budget submittals, there were requests for new employee positions to be 196 included in the 2025 budget. They are as follows: 197 198 Finance Department - Accounting Manager/Supervisor 199 The City currently has an Accountant position in the Finance Department. In order to create an 200 opportunity for growth and career advancement as well as cross-training for future needs, the 201 Finance Director and I are requesting that an Accounting Manager position be created to allow for 8 Qbhf!232!pg!417