09-12-89 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 12, 1989 The Public Works Superintendent reported that there is money included in the Parks portion of the budget for a new mower. The Council discussed park maintenance and whether maintenance should be done by Park Department part-time employees, or Public Works Department employees. Council also discussed whether mowing should be done by part-time or full-time employees. Blesener stated that he felt mowing should be done during the day so that there is supervision of the employees doing the mowing. Fahey felt that the mowing should be done by part-time employees rather than full-time because of the salary differential. Harris felt an additional employee was needed whose duties would include park maintenance, equipment repair, and supervision of part-time employees. Scalze stated that she was not convinced that an additional full-time employee was needed. Scalze suggested that the City go through a year of park maintenance with the additional park land the City has added, before the decision is made for an additional employee. Scalze pointed out that the staff will have a new mower and part-time employees to handle park maintenance. Harris pointed out that Pioneer Park is an additional 33 acres of park land. Harris estimated that it will take two days to mow Pioneer Park and one day to do trimming. Scalze and Fahey agreed that the issue of an additional Public Works employee can wait for a year. Blesener pointed out that the additional employee is not needed only for mowing, but to handle other maintenance items that are not getting done. Council agreed on the issue that park maintenance should be done during the day when the Public Works Superintendent is available to supervise the employees. The Council discussed proposed improvements in Pioneer Park which are tied to the Celebrate MN 1990 program. Page 8