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of Mounds View Staff <br />Item No: 06B <br />Meeting Date: Auqust 28 2017 <br />Type of Business: Consent <br />Administrator Review <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Don Peterson, Interim Director of Public Works <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8816, Approving the Hire of Nicholas Bohmert <br />for the Facility Maintenance/Building Custodian Position in <br />the Public Works Department <br />Background: <br />On June 26, 2017, the City Council approved advertising for the vacant Public Works <br />Facility Maintenance/Building Custodian position. Staff advertised the opening on the <br />City's website and the League of Minnesota Cities website. Staff received five <br />applications, and interviewed two. <br />Discussion: <br />The interview panel consisted of myself, Public Works Maintenance Worker Pete Szurek <br />and Administrative Assistant Tracy Juell. It was the consensus of the interview panel to <br />recommend Nicholas Bohmert to the position of Facility Maintenance/Building Custodian. <br />Mr. Bohmert has 5 years' experience performing building maintenance, custodial and <br />handyman services. If hired, Mr. Bohmert would be a member of the Public Works <br />Collective Bargaining Unit, subject to the established job classification system with regard <br />to the pay scale. Based on the criteria set forth by the 2017 — 2019 Public Works <br />Collective Bargaining Unit Labor Agreement, Mr. Bohmert would qualify for Step 1 of pay <br />scale, which is $16.98 per hour. Also in accordance with the Public Works Agreement, Mr. <br />Bohmert would be subject to a twelve month probationary period. <br />Mr. Bohmert would begin employment on Monday, September 18, 2017. Reference, <br />criminal background and driver's license checks along with the pre-employment physical <br />and drug test are all complete and satisfactory. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution 8816, a resolution approving the hire <br />of Nicholas Bohmert to the position of Facility Maintenance/Building Custodian Position in <br />the Public Works Department. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Don Peterson <br />Interim Director of Public Works <br />