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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE: April 27, 2015 <br />ITEM NO: 9 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: <br />Name Adam T. Edwards ATE JML Public Works Director/ <br />Title Public Works Director/City Engineer City Engineer’s Report <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Item Description: Park Maintenance Contract with Sentence to Serve (STS) <br />_____________________________________________________________________________ <br />Exhibit <br />A. STS Contract for Summer 2015 <br />1.Purpose. The purpose of this action is to gain council approval to enter into a contract with <br />Hennepin County Sentence to Serve (STS) for park maintenance. <br />2.Background. Recognizing a need to provide increased attention to the maintenance of the <br />City’s parks, the City Council increased the Parks Budget for 2015. A couple areas requiring <br />emphasis are buckthorn removal and general trash and debris clean up. Both of these activities <br />are labor and time intensive. The STS program provides individuals sentenced to community <br />service to support the maintenance needs of the municipalities in Hennepin County. The <br />program offers 3 “complimentary” days per year, which Orono has taken advantage of the last <br />two years with excellent results. To establish a regular service the program requires <br />municipalities to offset some of the expense of the program and enter into a contract. The 2015 <br />rate is $346.40 per day per crew. A crew is a correctional officer with 6-10 STS members. <br />3.Recommendation. I recommend establishing a contract with STS for three days of work a <br />month from May thru October; a total of 19 crew days. The contract is a not to exceed $6500. <br />This would provide a cost effective method to complete some of the labor intensive maintenance <br />operations in our parks. <br />4.Funding. The contract will be funded out of the Parks Budget. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Consider a motion to approve the attached contract with Hennepin County Sentence to Serve for <br />park maintenance not to exceed $6500. <br />City Council Meeting April 27, 2015 Page 177 of 257