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Item No. 6B M E M O R A N D U M To: Parks & Recreation & Forestry Commissioners From: Nick DeBar – Director of Public Works & Don Peterson – Public Works Supervisor Date: February 27, 2014 RE: Public Works Staff Report The following is a synopsis of recent activities and events of the Public Works Department. General Personnel The City Council authorized the hire of Chris Atkinson as Maintenance Worker in the Parks subdivision on February 24. This position was added as a result of a Public Works personnel restructuring after the retirement of the former parks supervisor late last year, and brings the total full-time parks maintenance workers to two. Chris was one of 107 applicants, of which seven were interviewed and two were finalist. Chris has worked for Mounds View as a half-time seasonal maintenance worker the past three years and is a certified water supply and wastewater operator. Chris’ first day of employment will be March 3. The Project Coordinator position is being finalized and is anticipated to be approved and authorized for advertisement on March 10. This is a new position in the Engineering Division focused on coordinating design and completion of construction projects, including park and facility improvements. The Council also authorized Public Works to hire 2014 seasonal maintenance workers on February 24. Bethlehem Baptist Church Mounds View Service Project Bethlehem Baptist Church provided the City with the first-half 2014 donation of $18,285 earlier this month, including the following Park-Rec-Forestry related items: Safe Afterschool Programs for Youth: $2,000 Senior Wellness Program: $1,500 Music in The Park: $1,000 Reroof Shelter at Hillview Park: $1,785 Y-Partners: $2,000 Maintenance Staff has been busy with the snow on the city streets and was maintaining the rinks until February 17, 2014 at which time all the rinks were closed due to a staffing issue. Staff has been working on new garbage cans to be placed in all the parks, these will be sandblasted and painted and the city logo will be placed on the cans. This summer cement pads will be placed in the parks for both the trash cans and recycling containers. Other items staff is working on include: • Inventory supplies and order for the coming season, fertilizer, field chalk, etc; • Review rule signs for the parks; • Starting pre-season maintenance on mowers; • Preventive maintenance on all small equipment, chain saws, weed whips, and power pruners etc... Forestry Public Works will be soliciting consulting services for forestry activities in the coming month. In addition to providing forestry expertise with the Tree Disease and Pest Control Ordinance, the consultant will be working on the MnDNR grant related to removing existing ash trees and replanting a new tree on public ways and lands within a one-mile radius of the Shoreview infestation.