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Item No.9 <br />Meeting Date: November 5, 2001 <br />Type of Business:WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Givonna Reed, Assistant to the City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Compensation for Public Works and Golf Course <br />Personnel <br />Date of Report: October 31, 2001 <br /> <br />In the absence of department directors for Public Works and the Golf Course, <br />several staff members have taken on additional responsibilities. In June of 2000 <br />the Council adopted a resolution approving a policy whereby employees serving <br />in department head level positions would receive 15% above their base rate of <br />pay. The Council also recently adopted a policy for compensating individuals <br />working in higher classification positions. The Council has asked staff to present <br />options for a merit pay policy at a future meeting, however, merit pay typically <br />takes into consideration exceptional performance of one’s own duties, not those <br />of someone else. Regrettably, neither of the current or proposed policies apply <br />to the situation before the Council today. <br /> <br />Three members of the Public Works staff are currently handling projects and <br />routine tasks that would typically be handled by the department director. The <br />additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, attending council <br />meetings, preparing staff reports, coordinating projects such as County Road H2, <br />Hillview Park Shelter bid opening and construction and meeting with engineering <br />consultants. <br /> <br />Staff members covering the former golf course superintendent’s position have <br />taken on additional duties such as applying chemicals to the greens, <br />landscaping, operating and repairing the irrigation system, meeting with other <br />golf course superintendents to gather knowledge and expertise, preparing the <br />budget and attending council meetings. <br /> <br />The matter of compensation for the individuals in public works and at the golf <br />course who have taken on additional responsibilities has been discussed with the <br />Human Resources Committee. The Human Resources Committee is supportive <br />of compensating the following positions for the additional work they are <br />performing at the following percentage rates: <br /> <br />Public Works Foreman: 10% <br />Information Services Engineer/Tech: 5%