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jrgm /Ah. MEMO TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor and City Council Director of Public Works/Community Development September 12, 1983 HIRING OF PART-TIME MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL al It has come to the attention of the staff that in the last week we have had an acute shortfall of manpower. This is due in part to the fact that we have been only able to utilize two-thirds of the days budgeted for part-time personnel due to the state law limiting part-time personnel to a maximum of 67 days employment without coming under the criteria of the Master Labor Agreement. Staff has attempted to make do witn the reduced available man hours but have found in recent weeks this becoming more difficult. A number of things have contributed to this manpower shortfall as listed below: 1. Above average amount of sanitary sewer cleaning in prepara- tion for our sewer maintenance work. 2. Above average amount of watermain pipe and equipment failure which has drained available manpower from the water department. 3. Street repair in preparation for seal coat project has taken all available personnel for the last two weeks. 4. The expiration of the summer CETA Program and the loss of the available manpower from that program. 5. Vacations which have been requested for better than 30 days have resulted in a shortage of two men for the last week and a half. All the above factors have resulted in nur ability to complete work in late summer and early Fall falling further and further behind. As we move into Fall we are going to be taxed additionally to do the following: 1. Ballfield and soccer field maintenance. 2. Turf maintenance for the next 30 days. 3. Changeover from ballf.ield to hockey in preparation for winter activity season. 4. Fall watermain flushing which takes two to three weeks and at least three people.