1997-08-27 CC Minutes Special Staffing-Budget
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ALBERTVILLE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL
August 27, 1997
Albertville City Hall
7:00 PM
PRESENT: Mayor Mark 01 sen, Counci lmembers Patricia
Stalberger, Duane Berning, Robert Gundersen, and John Vetsch, and
City Clerk Linda Houghton
Mayor 01 sen call ed the special meeting of the Al bert vi 11 e Ci ty
Counci 1 to order. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss
personnel needs and the 1998 budget.
Berning made a motion to approve the agenda as presented.
Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Councilmember Stalberger explained that the Personnel
Committee has drafted an advertisement for a City Administrator
requiring an emphasis on planning.
Councilmember Vetsch feels that the City may want to consider
offering a base salary with a performance based incentive, i.e. if
the administrator pursues and recruits commercial and industrial
business in the City, he/she would qualify for incentive pay.
Councilmember Berning stated that one of reasons he had been
in favor of hiring an administrator was to keep legal and planning
costs down. He feels that legal and planning fees have continued
to escalate since administrators have been employed.
The consensus of the Council is to proceed with drafting an
advertisement for the city administrator/economic development
director posi tion. The Counci 1 discussed what education/ experience
requirements should be included in the ad. The consensus was to
require a business or public administration degree or several years
of working experience. The Council further agreed to publish the
ad in the Crow River News, Minneapolis Tribune, st. Paul Pioneer
Press and LMC Bulletin with salary dependent upon qualifications.
Funding for the position will be included in the Working Capital
Reserve account for budgeting purposes.
The Public Works Committee reported on staffing needs for the
Public Works Department. The Committee's recommendation is to hire
another full-time Maintenance Worker II position, with job
descriptions separated between two posi tions. Counci Imember Vetsch
favors waiting until April 1998 to hire the new employee. The
Counci 1 then discussed how to handl e snowplowing this winter.
Attempt to get bids for contract snowplowing were unsuccessful last
year.
Counci Imember Gundersen stated it is time to hire another
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full-time public works employee, rather than contract out mowing,
wastewater treatment facility operation and snow plowing. He feels
there is an adequate amount of work to keep two employees busy--
parks, mowing, plowing, equipment maintenance, sidewalks, etc. He
stated that residents notice how the streets, parks, etc. are
maintained and feels residents deserve more than is currently
possible to accomplish with one public works employee.
The Council concurred to advertise for a full time Maintenance
Worker II position. The employee may be required at some point to
work toward securing a Class D Wastewater license, for the time at
which the City may take back operation of the wastewater treatment
facility.
Ci ty cl erk Houghton was di rected to prepare advertisements for
applicants for City Administrator and Maintenance Worker II
positions for the Council to review at the September 8th regular
meeting.
The Council began reviewing the preliminary 1998 budget.
The Finance Committee has recommended that the City contract
for six hours of daily police protection in 1998, seven hours in
1999, and eight hours in 2000. Counci lmember Gundersen of the
Public Safety Committee wants to contract for eight hours a day
immediately. He believes having one or two deputies in the city
regularly will be greatly beneficial. The clerk was directed to
contact Sheriff Don Hozempa to determine if an eight hour a day
would be staffed regularly by one or two deputies.
Vetsch made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:08 PM.
Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Mark Olsen, Mayor
Linda Houghton, City Clerk
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