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Item No: 7B <br />Meeting Date January 25, 2016 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8511, Approving the Hire of Jonathan Sevald <br />to the Position of Planner <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heidi Heller resigned from her position as Planning Associate effective October <br />30, 2015. On October 26, 2015, the City Council approved Resolution 8466, approving a revised job <br />description, and authorized Staff to advertise for the position of Planner. The City received thirty-one <br />(31) applications. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Staff advertised the opening on the City’s website, Star Tribune, government jobs.com, and the <br />League of Minnesota Cities website. Staff interviewed seven (7) qualified candidates. It was the <br />consensus of Staff to recommend Jonathan Sevald to the position of Planner. <br /> <br />Mr. Sevald has a Bachelors degree in Community and Regional Planning, and is currently in the <br />process of getting his Masters Degree in Public Administration. He has over 10 years experience as a <br />City Planner, and was a Senior Planner with the City of Anoka and a County Planner with Sherburne <br />County. Mr. Sevald, if hired, would start at Step 3 of the Pay Scale at $28.91/hour; with an increase to <br />Step 4 of the salary range (currently $30.51/hour) after one year of employment. All increases are <br />subject to a satisfactory performance evaluation. All other City benefits and personnel policies will <br />apply as stated in the Mounds View Personnel Manual. <br /> <br />References checks are satisfactory. <br /> <br />Staff has not received Mr. Sevald’s driving record and criminal background checks. This appointment <br />would be contingent on satisfactory reports. <br /> <br />Mr. Sevald would begin employment on or about February 1, 2016. <br /> <br />This is a full-time, non-union, exempt position. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution 8511, hiring Jonathan Sevald to the position of <br />Planner. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Desaree Crane