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City Council meeting of April 17, 1995 Page _ CHANGE TO TYPICAL ROAD SECTIONS The City Engineer has recommended that the City revise its typical road design for streets, with a copy of his proposed design standards provided to the Council for their consideration. This action will require the City to amend its subdivision regulations requiring a public hearing. Miron made motion, Barnes seconded, to schedule a public hearing of May 15, 1995, at 7:05 PM, to consider revisions in the City's typical road design for streets by amending subdivision regulations. All ave. Motion Carried. WAGE RATE (BUILDING ASSISTANT The City's Building Official recommended increasing the hourly wage paid to the building inspection assistant currently employed by the City. This recommendation is based on the assistant's recent certification as a certified building official II, and the fact that the individual is entering his third season of employment with the City, and can perform most code enforcement functions with minimal supervision. Based on the 1994 data from the League of Minnesota Cities' annual salary survey, similar positions in other communities in the metro area pay an hourly waqe of $9.66 to $15.12 per hour with the average wage rate being $11.63 per hour. Staff recommended establishing the wage rate at $9.50 per hour, which would increase the City's expense for this position by a total of $2.239.12 per year. The added cost would be covered by the unbudgeted building surcharge refund to be received from the State this year. In addition, there is some potential that this increase in wages could reflect in higher unemployment costs for the City in 1995. LaValle made motion, Goiffon seconded, that the City of Hugo hire Vern Bartlette as a part-time, seasonal employee in the Building Department, at a rate of $9.50/hr. Staff is directed to develop a job description for an apprentice building official. All apse. Motion Carried. SUMMER MAINTENANCE POSITION Mr. Roger Bacon, the City's utility superintendent, recommended establishing a seasonal, part-time maintenance worker position in the City. Currently, the City uses casual labor to perform many of the tasks required to maintain the City's utilities. Mr. Bacon feels that it would be more efficient to be able to schedule someone on a routine basis to perform some of these tasks. His estimate for the number of hours required to perform general utility/ maintenance during the summer months was provided. He requested that Mr. Chad Norman, who has worked for the City on a casual basis for the last year, be hired as the part-time maintenance worker, on a schedule of five days a week., six hours a day, for the months of June, July, and August. Establishment of this position will have no budgetary impact on the City, as the current amount budgeted