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The current pay scale for PW Superintendent is: Start 6 Mo. 1 2 3 4 5 72,561 73,500 75,000 77,000 79,000 81,000 83,000 The proposed scale for PW Director for 2016 would be: Start 6 Mo. 1 2 3 4 5 75,000 76,500 79,250 81,500 84,500 87,750 91,000 If the Council agrees with this change, I would recommend it become effective on September 1, 2015. Given Mr. Dircks is at the top of the PW Superintendent scale, I would also recommend placing him on year 3 of the PW Director scale for the balance of 2015 and Year 4 of the new scale for 2016. (Please note that the proposed PW Director scale was based on 2015 numbers and then increased by just over 2% for 2016.) Code Enforcement/Planner: Jessica Jagoe has been our code enforcement officer for many years now. She also handles utility billing including organized collection billings, newsletter coordination, recycling coordination, website oversight, assisting Kathy with election responsibilities, and front office backup support. Jessica is also completing her undergraduate degree in City Planning by year end. Ms. Jagoe has shown a great aptitude for code interpretation and the planning area. I believe it would be in our best interest to elevate her to a staff planner position that is supported by our consulting planner. (I have briefly discussed this with the City Planner and he is supportive of the concept.) If we pursue this avenue, Jessica would also continue her code enforcement responsibilities in addition to providing back-up support to other areas. At this time, it would also seem logical for her to continue in her roles and website oversight and newsletter coordination. This move would necessitate some additional part-time front office staffing to take over utility billing and office support. I envision this additional staffing to be on a 1/2 time basis. Because this is a new concept for you to consider, I have not prepared any budget estimates of this proposal nor am I making a formal recommendation at this time. However, I believe this approach gives us the opportunity to further develop an excellent employee whose education we have invested in. I believe it would also increase our staff capabilities and over time, it will allow us to provide even a higher level of customer service. Your feedback/direction on this possibility would be appreciated. Parks & Recreation Director: While Jim Morelan has not yet made an official announcement, he has discussed his future retirement. To that end, staff believes we should continue this workshop until 6:00 on Wednesday, August 26th at which time we should invite the Parks & Recreation Commission and representatives of the Little Canada Recreation Association to review recent staff responsibilities, programming offerings, enrollment figures, financial information of the department, and what other cities are doing in the recreation area to help us focus on where we want to go in the future. I envision this at the starting point of a planning process that will help us decide on future staffing plans. 3