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February 28, 1991 To: Mayor and City Council Lake Elmo, MN From: Dick Johnson Re: Parks and Recreation Department In response to the,Council's request for more information on the subject, I have met with the City Administrator and I report here on the results of further consideration and investigation of the issues raised by Council. To wit: -- to direct the City Administrator to contact interested renters and ask them if the City uses the garage, would they still be interested in renting the remainder of the building? The City Administrator contacted the two interested renters and they advised they want the entire building. Not interested in part of the building. -- to direct staff (Maintenance Dept., City Admin., Parks Commission) to look at the current way they are doing things and see if some administrative shuffling of time could devote more staff resources to the parks without creating a formal department. The City Administrator has reviewed and shares my opinion that it is not a matter of shuffling of time -- that would change nothing. It is a matter of administrative restructuring to improve operations, communications and reporting. -- to obtain an idea of what this would cost the city to set up this department in terms of replacing Mike, (if he gets the job) salary expected for administrative position, assuming we set up this department in 1992, what figure would have to be put in the budget? Mike would not need to be replaced. He would continue to have much the same duties as he does now, only priorities would change. Parks maintenance would probably receive a higher priority. Better parks maintenance would result. Salary would not change. According to the League of Minn Cities Salary Survey, the recommended salary for a Parks Supervisor appears to be slightly less than the current rate for a heavy equipment operator (Mike's current position). approx.$2,212/month vs. $2229/month