Consider a Resolution to Reclassify Two Public Works Employees

In response to the recent changes in the Public Works Department, the City Council authorized the following changes:  

1) Accept Mr. Brian Olson's resignation as Public Works Director.
2) Appoint Fire Chief Kapler to an interim assignment for up to a 3-month period to oversee the Public Works Building Maintenance, Parks, Streets, and Utilities divisions.
3) Appoint City Engineer Himmer to an assignment for up to a 3-month period to oversee the Engineering Division.  (Mr. Himmer will oversee the Engineering until his last day of June 29th, and then a consultant engineer will be retained to manage the engineering operations.)
4) Separate the Engineering Division from the operations side of Public Works, creating two separate divisions; Engineering and Public Works Operations (Building Maintenance, Parks, Streets, and Utilities).
3) Recruit for a PW Superintendent position to oversee Building Maintenance, Parks, Streets, and Utilities; this position will report to the City Administrator.

At the June 5, 2012 meeting, the City Council directed staff to bring back a proposal related to a change wherein the City would appropriatelly structure the PW Operations side of the department as it pertains to the current Streets Supervisor and Parks Supervisor. 

The proposal includes the following:

1) Reclassify the current Streets Supervisor position, held by Mr. Grant Riemer, to Public Works Superintendent.  This position will report to the City Administrator and will be responsible for the oversight of the daily operations of Building Maintenance, Parks, Streets (including traffice engineering), and Utilities.

2) Reclassify the current Parks Supervisor position, held by Mr. Mark Riverblood, to Parks Supervisor & Assistant Public Works Superintendent.  This position will report to the PW Superintendent and serve as a back-up when the PW Superintendent is away.  This position will be responsible for the supervision of Parks, as well as special project management, serving as a community liason, staying abreast of legistlative issues, responsible for seeking alternative funding sources (e.g., grants), and coordinating volunteer resources .

3) Consider any necessary backfilling or other position adjustments in approximately 9 to 18 months.

The reclassificaiton would result in both employees receiving a pay increase of five percent.

A draft organizaitonal chart is attached, alongwith both draft job descriptions. 

To authorize staff to reclassify the Streets Supervisor position to  Public Works Superintendent position; and to reclassify the Parks Supervisor position to Parks Supervisor/Assistant Public Works Superintendent and adjust both employee's current hourly rate to the revised pay scale.

The funding to reclassify the Parks Supervisor and Streets Supervisor as described above will require a total of $8,800 annually. 

Motion to approve resolution # 12-06-XXX to reclassify the Streets Supervisor to Public Works Superintendent and the Parks Supervisor to Parks Supervisor/Assistant Public Works Superintendent and adjust both employee's current hourly rate to the revised pay scale.