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STAFF REPORT TO:Mayor Keis and Members of City Council FROM:Heidi Heller, City Clerk/HR Manager Bryce Shearen, Parks & Rec/Community Services Manager DATE:June 3, 2021 RE:Hire of Public Works Utilities Supervisor ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED: Approve hiring Alex Evenson for the Public Works Utilities Supervisor position. BACKGROUND: The Public Works and Parks departments were reorganized in the winter and through that reorganization a newly created position was established. The Utilities Supervisor will be in charge of the water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and GIS systems and will work closely with the Streets/Fleet Supervisor and the Parks Supervisor to coordinate work flow and the use of employees. It will be a working position that will spend a large percentage of time working in the field along with other staff. The position will also help to integrate the GIS system into the departments more to include work orders and record keeping. Staff received six applications for the position and narrowed the field down to four candidates to be interviewed. Between the time the interviews were scheduled and the actual interviews, two candidates removed themselves from contention after accepting other jobs. Two candidates were interviewed by the Public Works Director and the City Clerk, and following the interviews and some discussion it was decided that the City should offer the position to Alex Evenson. Both candidates were qualified, but in the end it was decided to promote from within and offer the position to Alex Evenson. Alex has been an employee of Little Canada since he began as a seasonal employee in 2014. He worked for four years as a seasonal and then applied for and was appointed the first Public Works Apprentice when the program was started. Following a successful stint as an Apprentice he was hired as a full-time member of the Public Works Department in 2019. Since then, he has obtained his sewer and water licenses and has proven to be very competent with the GIS system and other technology. He will be enrolling in the Public Works Certificate program in the fall to further his education. Mr. Evenson has accepted the employment offer at the starting wage level and he will transition to the Supervisor position starting June 16. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council approve the hire of Alex Evenson as Public Works Utilities Supervisor with a start date of June 16, 2021.