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Item No. 9G Meeting Date: March 14, 2005 Type of Business: CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City Administrator Review _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Resolution No. 6485 Approving Three 2005 Public Works Summer Seasonal Employee Positions Background On March 26, 2001 the City Council adopted Resolution 5546, which describes the procedure for hiring seasonal employees. This resolution requires that the City Council approve all seasonal positions. On March 14, 2005 the City Council approved Resolution 6436 approving several Public Works seasonal positions, including seven (7) summer seasonal positions of the original ten (10) that were proposed. Discussion BUDGET ISSUE The Seasonal accounts are assigned to several departments, including: Parks, Athletic Fields, Pavement Management, Storm Water Management, Surface Water, Water, and Sanitary Sewer. For the last several years, the combined expenditures for seasonal employees in these accounts have been exceeding the budgeted amount. In 2001 there was a deficit of $15,509.95, in 2002 - $14,651.20, in 2003 - $31,547.95 and in 2004 - $21,830.47. The seasonal employee budgeting deficit has not caused any major financial issues for the City. However, this deficit reduced the year-end balance in the affected funds. To address this issue, the proposed 2006 budget for seasonal employees will be adjusted to better reflect actual historical expenditures. In terms of the 2005 budget, the City Council did not want to approve all of the summer positions without knowing the adjustments that will need to be made to the 2005 budget to address the shortfall. On March 14, 2005 the City Council approved Resolution 6436 approving seven (7) summer seasonal positions of the original proposal of ten (10). City Council