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STAFF <br />REPORT <br />TO:Mayor Fischer and Members of City Council <br />FROM:Bill Dircks, Public Works Director <br />Heidi Heller, City Clerk/HR Manager <br />DATE:May 28, 2025 <br />RE:Public Works Maintenance I Position Posting <br />ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED: <br />Authorize posting of Public Works Maintenance I position. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Public Works Department currently has two employees out on long-term medical leave, and <br />another has just tendered his resignation in order to move out of state. Following June 6, there <br />will only be three full-time public works staff working. The normal count is five full-time staff <br />and possibility an Apprentice. <br />The two employees that are on leave will both be retiring in August and November this year. <br />Now that the department will be down a third person after June 6, staff feels it necessary to <br />replace the maintenance worker position immediately in order to be able to get routine <br />maintenance and duties done. Ideally somebody will be hired and start working by early-to-mid <br />July. Staff will evaluate the rest of the department structure and post for another position at a <br />later date, and will look to add an Apprentice in 2026 if the budget allows. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve the posting of a Public Works Maintenance I position immediately.