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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />DATE: August 24, 2015 <br />ITEM NO: 5 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: <br />Name Adam T. Edwards RJO Public Works Director/ <br />Title Public Works Director/City Engineer City Engineer’s Report <br /> ______ ______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Item Description: Public Works Maintenance Worker Appointment <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />1. Purpose. The purpose of the council item is to gain council approval to appoint two new <br />Maintenance Worker within Public Works and adjust one current employee’s wage. <br /> <br />2. Background. The Public Works Department has seven Maintenance Worker positions with <br />six currently filled. Two Employees have provided notice. Jim Gregory has provided his notice <br />to retire after 40 years of dedicated service in the Public Works Department. Jim’s last day will <br />be on October 31, 2015. Kevin Olsen provided the City notice of resignation. His last day was <br />be June 30, 2015. The Public Works Maintenance positions are critical to meet current service <br />needs and is essential to City operations. <br /> <br />3. Recruitment. The selection process for the Public Works Maintenance Worker position has <br />been completed. The top two candidates were Mr. Mark Lemen and Mr. Clint Schuman. <br /> <br />a. Mr. Lemen was employed full time with the City of Sharonville, Ohio for 4 years and <br />prior to that he worked for them and the Township of Symmes, Ohio in seasonal position while <br />also working as a mechanic for Ford for 8 years. Mark has the combination of customer service <br />focus and technical skills necessary to excel in the position. I recommended that Mark be <br />appointed to the position of Public Works Maintenance Worker at the starting salary of $22.64/hr <br />effective September 8, 2015. <br /> <br />b. Mr. Clint Schumann was employed full time as a machinist for the last 17 years while <br />running his own land scraping for 10 years. I recommended that Clint be appointed to the <br />position of Public Works Maintenance Worker at the starting salary of $20.83/hr effective <br />September 14, 2015. <br /> <br />4. Wage Adjustment. Since his employment with the City of Orono Mr. Justin Hirsch has <br />excelled. He has achieved both his Water and Sewer licenses and is a highly competent operator <br />on all of the City’s equipment. In addition, he has taken the lead on the maintenance of the <br />department’s equipment. In light of his value to the department and City, I strongly recommend <br />his wages be adjusted accordingly to Step Year 3 ($22.82/hr). <br /> <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Consider a motion to appoint Mr. Mark Lemen and Mr. Clint Schumann to the positions of <br />Public Works Maintenance Worker and adjust Mr. Justin Hirch’s to Step 3.