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Form B-3 <br />REQUEST FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CHANGES <br /> <br />Department: <br /> <br />Public Services - Parks <br />Supervisor: <br /> <br />Mike Hoffman <br />Position Title: <br /> <br />1 FTE Parks Maintenance Worker <br />Budget Impact: <br /> <br />$93,271 <br /> <br />Justification for change: <br /> <br />Maintenance staffing levels for the Parks Department are the same as 1997 - three full-time <br />employees. The Parks Department has assumed additional maintenance responsibilities <br />including: <br /> <br />Additional Parks - Since 1997, several additional neighborhood parks have been developed, <br />requiring additional maintenance efforts including mowing/trimming, landscaping and irrigation <br />systems maintenance, playground maintenance/inspections, and garbage pick-up. <br /> Behm’s Park <br /> Highland Meadows Park <br /> Clearwater Creek Park <br /> NorthPointe Park <br /> Woods Edge Park <br /> Community Green - Village Drive <br /> Tower Park (Fall, 2021) <br /> Watermark Park (Fall, 2022) <br /> <br />Landscape Street Medians - Maintaining the landscape medians along Lake Drive, County <br />Road 14, and Town Center Parkway. <br /> <br />Civic Complex - Maintaining the exterior of the Civic Complex including the turf areas, <br />landscaped areas, and irrigation systems. <br /> <br />EAB Infestation - Removals of Ash Trees on City-owned property including street right-of-ways, <br />park areas, out lots, and open spaces. <br /> <br />Blvd Trees - Trim and remove trees as needed located within street right-of-ways during the <br />winter months. <br /> <br />Trails - Maintain 25+ miles of trails including sweeping, removing obstructions, mowing <br />shoulders, snow clearing. 23 dogi-pot stations have been placed throughout our trails system, <br />necessitating weekly pick-up disposal. <br /> <br />Irrigation Systems - In order to maintain healthy turf, irrigations systems have been installed <br />throughout our parks system, Civic Complex, Fire Stations, well houses, lift stations, landscaped <br />medians, etc. Bringing a majority of the repairs in-house would save significant dollars vs. <br />contracting out services. <br /> <br />73