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Mounds View City Council February 8, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 6 one of the summer employees was not available for the fall or winter work, the City would need 1 to seek an additional employee, but that has not typically been the case. 2 3 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 4 5 D. Resolution 7574, Approving the Advertisement and Hire of a Public Works 6 Intern. 7 8 Public Works Director DeBar advised that the Engineering Intern recently resigned and presented 9 staff’s recommendation to revise the position title from “Engineering Intern” to 10 “Engineering/GIS Intern” and description to better describe the overall duties and accommodate 11 some shortcomings in the previous position description. The City benefits from the Intern 12 position by assisting with street projects and other fieldwork. The part-time position would be 13 geared towards a civil engineering college student. 14 15 Public Works Director DeBar recommended the Council adopt the draft resolution to revise the 16 Public Works Intern position and advertise for hiring. It was noted that a future resolution would 17 be presented to the Council to authorize the hiring of the Engineering/GIS Intern position after a 18 finalist is selected. 19 20 Council Member Mueller thanked staff for preparing a thorough position description as this 21 would assist the City in finding a qualified applicant. Mayor Flaherty agreed. 22 23 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7574, 24 Approving Position Description and Authorizing the Advertisement for a part-time 25 Engineering/GIS Position to be paid $11.75 per hour without benefits. 26 27 Council Member Stigney expressed concern within the position description stating the employee 28 would be hired for up to three years. He indicated the employee would only be hired for 2010, 29 and brought back if the budget allowed in 2011. He offered an amendment to the Resolution 30 stating: “the attached Engineering/GIS Position is hereby approved for 2010.” City 31 Administrator Ericson clarified that this language was on the job description and not the 32 Resolution. 33 34 Mayor Flaherty questioned if any other positions within the City were hired for just one year. 35 Council Member Stigney indicated the Council would need to review this position each year to 36 see if there was a need and if the budget allowed. 37 38 Finance Director Beer suggested the amendment be placed under Item 2 of the Resolution after 39 “now therefore be it resolved…” Council Member Stigney requested that the amendment be 40 made under Item 2 of the Resolution. 41 42 AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Mueller. To Revise Resolution 7574, Adding 43 language to Item 2 of the Resolution after “Now Therefore Be It Resolved” to assure the position 44 was hired just for 2010. 45