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MI ~IUTES City Council Feb. 10, 1988 f1aintenance Blesener reviewed the reports submitted by the Superintendent c~mparing Plor•ker• the size of Little Canada's maintenance staff with those of the cities (Cont.) of Ar~den Hills, Mendota Heights, St. Anthony, and Vadnais Heights, which are close in size with Little Canada. It was noted that St. Anthony was high with 14 employees in their• maintenance depar~tment, while Little Canada was low with 4 employees. Ar~den Hills has a maintenance staff of 7 full-time employees, Mendota Heights has 6 employees, and Vadnais Heights has 6 employees. The r•epor•t also compar~ed miles of streets, watermains and sewer lines. Blesener~ pointed out that in the past two to thr~ee year~s, the City's maintenance staff has upgraded its street maintenance program. Blesener• r•epor~ted that based on the r~epor•ts, he is in favor~ of an additional full-time maintenance employee, and noted that an additiona1 employee has been budgeted for•. Blesener~ felt that the Council should author•ize the Super~intendent to offer• a full-time maintenance wor~ker• position to Pat Dunn, who has been employed by the City's maintenance depar•tment in a tempor•ar•y position for the past few years. Blesener felt that the salary should be 85% of the salar•y cur~r~ently r~eceived by Scott Heaton, cur•r~ently a maintenance wor~ker~ for• the City. The salar•y should be incr•eased annually over~ the next thr•ee year•s so that at the end of that time both maintenance wor•ker•s would be r•eceiving the same r•ate of pay. alesener~ also pointed out that the Maintenance Depar~tment has bequn a sewer jetting progr•am and would like to be able to clean all sewer lines once ever•y two year•s. However•, since the pr~ogram was initiated two year~s ago, only half the City has been done. Blesener stated that he felt comfor•table not adver•tising the position noting that Pat Dunn has been a competent employee and additional cler~ical staff has been added in the same manner•, that is,full-time employment was offer•ed to tempor•ar•y employee. Scalze agr•eed that pointed out that she viewed the situation as some~vhat of a pr•omotion within the staff from tempor•ar•y employment to full-time status. LaValle suggested that the Per•sonnel Or•dinance be r•eviewed as he thought the or•dinance r~equir~ed that vacant positions must be adver~tised. The City Cler~k did not believe the Or~dinance made this requirement. Mr~. Blesener~ intr•oduced the following r~esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 88-2-47 - AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT TO OFFER A FULL-TIP9E MAINTENANCE WORKER POSITION TO PATRICK DUNN AT A RATE OF PAY THAT IS 85% OF THE SALARY CURRENTI.Y EARNED BY SCOTT NEATON, CURRENTLY A PIAINTENANCE biORKER FOR Page -8-