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AGENDA ITEM Prepared By: Reviewed By:RJO Approved By:RJO 1. Purpose. The purpose of this action item is announce the retirement for Randy O’Brien of the Public Works Department and to inform the council of efforts to fill the maintenance worker vacancy within Public Works. 2. Background. Mr. Randy O’Brien has announced his plans to retire after 33 years of dedicated service to the City of Orono as a maintenance worker. His date of retirement will be April 3rd, 2021. Staff will provide a resolution of appreciation for council consideration closer to Randy’s retirement date. 3. Early Retirement. Randy will exercise option 1 of the early retirement plan offered by the City. The early retirement option was offered to any employees in the Local 49 union that are eligible for retirement under PERA during Fiscal year 2020 and 2021. Option 1: The City offers to pay insurance benefits at the single rate as outlined in the current labor agreement for up to 3 years or until age 65, whichever comes first. Option 2: Employees eligible for the phased retirement option under the PERA Phased Retirement Program are encouraged to consider this option. The city would continue to pay insurance at a single rate as outlined in the current labor agreement for up to 3 years and the City would offer up to 500 hours of part time employment at the current rate of pay. 4. Recruitment. The Public Works Department has six full time maintenance worker positions with one vacancy. The maintenance worker positions are critical to meet current service needs and are essential to City operations. The selection process for the vacant position will involve advertising the position, application screening, an interview panel and reference checking. Upon completion of the process a candidate will be presented to the council for consideration for appointment. 5. Timeline. The timeline for the process is as follows: When What 22 February 2021 Approve Early Retirement 23 February- 5 March 2021 Advertise Position 23 February- 5 March 2021 Confirm if any qualified runner up candidates from previous recruitment are available 8-12 March 2021 Review Applications 15-26 March 2021 Interview and Skills Testing 29 March 2021 Council Approval/Appointment 3 April 2021 (4-3-21) Randy O’Brien’s Last Day NLT 19 April 2021 New Employees First Day COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED No action required. Item No.: 11 Date: February 22, 2021 Item Description: Public Works Maintenance Worker Retirement and Recruitment Presenter: Adam T. Edwards Public Works Director/City Engineer Agenda Section: Consent Agenda