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STAFF REPORT TO: FROM: DATE: RE: Mayor Fischer and Members of the City Council Heidi Heller, City Clerk/HR Manager Bill Dircks, Public Works Director Bryce Shearen, Parks & Rec/Community Services Director May 24, 2023 New Job Descriptions for Maintenance I & II for Public Works and Parks ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED Consider new and updated job descriptions for Maintenance Workers I and II for Public Works and Parks. BACKGROUND When completing the Class and Compensation study in March 2022, a Public Works/Parks Maintenance II pay grade was added to the pay scale in anticipation of creating a new job description and reclassifying some employees who have a lot of experience and separated themselves as deserving of a higher grade than Maintenance I. Maintenance II positions are generally set up for employees who do a specialized job within a city such as operating special equipment, or to move up employees who have experience and have demonstrated that they can work unsupervised and can oversee the work of other staff in certain situations. The importance of Little Canada creating the Public Works II & Parks Maintenance II wage class is to provide additional opportunities for advancement within the organization to retain our strongest employees. It can also be used to attract new employees with more experience and a higher skill set in cases where we need to replace longer term employees. This recommended action would also meet the strategic plan initiative of creating operational efficiency. Staff has drafted a new Public Works Maintenance II job description, along with separate Parks Maintenance I and II descriptions, and updated the Public Works Maintenance I description to have consistent language with the other descriptions. Currently the only job description specifically for park maintenance is the Parks Maintenance Supervisor, but the existing Public Works Maintenance job description also includes some park maintenance duties. The new job descriptions include language that states all Public Works and Parks employees may be assigned work in whichever department needs help at the time, and because the City has a small number of maintenance staff, all Public Works and Parks employees must be cross trained between the two departments. Due to the increased need for staff hours on park maintenance in the last few years, one Public Works employee now spends most of his time on park duties and staff feels that it is time to dedicate a second full-time employee to parks maintenance, therefore creating the need for job descriptions for park-specific maintenance positions. This proposal was also included in the Organizational Study & Gap Analysis that was presented by David Drown & Associates Human Resources.