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Item No: 07C Meeting Date: September 12, 2011 Type of Business: CB Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7825, Approving the Hire of Neil Hiatt to the Position of Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Worker in the Public Works Department Background: Nate Behlen, Public Works Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Worker, resigned effective July 13, 2011. At the July, 11, 2011, City Council Meeting, the City Council authorized Staff to start the process of advertising and filling the position. Discussion: Staff advertised the opening on the City’s website, the League of MN Cities website, and with the StarTribune. Staff received over eighty (80) applications, and interviewed six (6) candidates. The panel consisted of Public Works Supervisor Don Peterson and me. Second interviews were also conducted by the Public Works Director. It was the consensus of Staff to recommend Neil Hiatt to the position of Public Works Sewer Maintenance Worker. Mr. Hiatt currently works for the City of Bemidji as a Utility Operator I in the Public Works Department. Mr. Hiatt holds a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), and a Class C W ater License and a Class D Wastewater License. Mr. Hiatt has also worked in the Public Works Department for the cities of Welcome and Granada, Minnesota. In addition, Mr. Hiatt has experience in snowplowing and street sweeping. Mr. Hiatt, if hired, would be a member of the Public Works Collective Bargaining Unit. Mr. Hiatt would be subject to the established job classification system with regard to the pay scale. Based on the criteria set forth by the Public Works Collective Bargaining Unit Labor Agreement, Mr. Hiatt would qualify for Level A pay scale, which is currently established at $21.66 per hour. Progressing to Level B, then C in the future will be based on Mr. Hiatt’s ability to meet the criteria established by the Labor Agreement. Also in accordance with the Public Works Labor Agreement, Mr. Hiatt would be subject to a twelve-month probationary period. Mr. Hiatt would begin employment on or about Monday, October 3, 2011. Reference checks and background checks are complete and satisfactory. Mr. Hiatt’s appointment would be contingent on a satisfactory drug screening and fitness for duty testing. Mr. Hiatt’s drug screening and fitness for duty test is scheduled for Friday, September 9, 2011.