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Item No: 07E Meeting Date: September 11, 2006 Type of Business: Council Business City Administrator Review: ______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree M. Crane, Assistant to the City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 6935, a Resolution Authorizing the Hire of Mary Springer to the Position of Mounds View Receptionist Background: On August 7, 2006 Work Session, the City Council authorized staff to advertise for the vacant receptionist position in the Administration Department. The position was vacated at the beginning of August. The Receptionist is a non-exempt, full time, AFSCME union position. Discussion: Staff advertised the opening on the City’s website, on the League of MN Cities website, with the Mounds View/New Brighton Bulletin and the Pioneer Press. The starting annual salary advertised for the position was $12.20 per hour, but that salary reflected the 2004-2005 AFSCME Union Contract. Since then the City has settled with the AFSCME union for the 2006-2007 Contract. Below is the new salary schedule for the position: Step One: $12.57/hr Step Two: $13.35/hr Step Three: $14.14hr Step Four: $14.92/hr Step Five: $15.71/hr We received a little over 90 applications for the position, of which seven were selected for interview. Staff interviewed six of those candidates (one applicant is in pursuit for a different job). The top candidate for this position is Mary Springer. Salary: Mary Springer would start at Step 1, which is $12.57/hhour. The City’s personnel policy states that Mary Springer will progress to Step 2 after 6 months, Step 3 after twelve months, Step 4 after twenty- four months and finally Step 5 after thirty-six months of employment. Again, this progression is consistent with the City’s personnel manual. All other personnel policies apply, no deviations have been made or offered. Start Date: Mary Springer would begin employment on or after Monday, September 18, 2006. Her hire date will be pending a satisfactory background check and reference check. Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution 6935, a resolution approving the hire of Mary Springer to the position of Mounds View Receptionist, pending satisfactory background and reference check. Respectfully submitted, Desaree M Crane, Assistant to the City Administrator