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Motn�s VIEW City of Mounds View Staff Item No: 07F Meeting Date: January 28 2013 Type of Business: CB To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8049, Approving Revisions to the Housing and Code Enforcement Inspector / Fire Marshal Job Description and Authorizing a Wage and Step Assignment for Jeremiah Anderson Background: As a result of the resignation of the previous Fire Marshal, the City Council appointed Housing and Code Enforcement Inspector Jeremiah Anderson to assume the fire marshal responsibilities and at the same time approved a five percent (5%) temporary wage increase to account for the additional duties. It was indicated at the May 14, 2012 Council meeting that the City Council would need to revisit the temporary wage adjustment and duties sometime after six month's time to confirm Mr. Anderson was adequately handling the additional duties assigned and to allow for a review of the responsibilities by an outside consultant to make a determination on appropriate wages. Mr. Anderson has satisfactorily performed the existing assigned duties along with the additional fire marshal responsibilities, and a compensation audit has been completed for the uniquely blended position. Discussion: Staff asked Springsted, Inc. representative Sharon Klumpp to conduct a job evaluation of the newly created position and make a determination on an appropriate wage. (The Springsted report is attached for the Council's review.) While an attempt was made to examine comparable cities for positions of similar responsibility, the Mounds View position is truly unique and thus comparables were unavailable. Springsted then examined the additional duties from a comprehensive perspective, analyzing how much time was spent on the various aspects of the blended position and it was determined that the responsibilities and required skill set was most closely aligned to the City's "building inspector" position which is assigned 262 HAY Points. The pay scale for the building inspector position is as follows: With the additional compensation approved by the City Council on May 14, 2012, Mr. Anderson presently earns $26.31 per hour. Springsted recommends Mr. Anderson be reassigned to Step 4 of the Building Inspector pay range. Staff concurs, and recommends a wage adjustment to Step 5 one year thereafter consistent with the Personnel Manual.