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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (651) 484 -2177 / FAX: (651) 484 -4538 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: November 20, 1998 RE: Permanent Part -time Parks Maintenance Position MAYOR Michael I. Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scaize Jim LaValle Steve Morel= Bob Pedersen ADMINISTRATOR Joel R Hanson As you know, Derek Anderson has been working for our Parks and Recreation Department as a program coordinator. His time in this position averages between 15 -20 hours per week. He was hired with the understanding that he would be available during daytime hours to offset some of the burden on the Parks and Recreation Director. We have also been utilizing Derek as a part-time parks maintenance worker. This started this past spring when we were finding it extremely difficult to obtain sufficient help prior to the availability of our summer work force to keep up with park maintenance activities (April and May). This same condition exists in September and October as well. We discovered that in having Derek available for this parks maintenance position on approximately a 20 hour a week basis, we were able to accomplish more work items given his skill and availability versus that of our summer work force. He was also able to help supervise summer workers in addition to being proficient at equipment maintenance. With the recent illness of Greg Hoag, we felt it necessary to retain Derek until mid - January at which time Greg should be back to full capabilities. A problem arose when Derek informed us that he was considering taking another full -time job in order to generate some income stability. (He would have retained the part-time parks and recreation program coordinator job.) The Parks and Recreation Director, the Public Works Director, and I felt this warranted a closer examination to see if there is any potential to retain Derek given his value to the City. As a result, we are recommending that we create a permanent part-time position for Derek Anderson that will consist of between 15 -20 hours a week of parks and recreation activities based upon his current salary scale and work schedule in that job. The job would also have up to 20 hours a week of parks maintenance activities under the Public Works Department at a salary of $11.50 per hour. (This salary was set using the projected 1999 beginning salary for a Public Works Maintenance I Worker). With this recommendation, Derek Page 108