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I I I I I I I I I I I 1996 STAFFING By: Ryan R. Schroeder, City Administrator Background: On September 12, i1995, Council discussed the 1996 budget proposal. That proposal, of course, included impacts t[pon staffing complements. Council requested at that meeting that any impacts upon staffing be ~ft~rther discussed by the Personnel Committee. The document shows an increase in clerical in Administrative Services from 4.5 FTE's to 5.0 FFE's. One intenlJof the hour increase is as clerical overload for vacation coverage or periods of increased work trow needs. Second, during September and October, the Police Department has been contracting f outsourcing cleric staff. It is further area and others ave also are reviewin allocation allows }r outside clerical support averaging six hours each week. It is intended that tasks be reduced from this level by more fully balancing the use of existing .,xpected, however, that our clerical requirements will continue to grow in this lting the need for the additional personnel complement budgetary request. We the need for additional clerical support for Council and Commissions. This ~r potential improvement in this area as well. We are not reques!ing any changes in Finance or Assessing. As you are aware, we are contracting with Anoka CountS, for assessing services (since 1993). Because of the AEC billing project, we have been able to Operate the Finance Department with a complement of 3.5 FTE's which is down from the 1990 level of 5.0 staff persons. The Engineering Technician position was eliminated at the end of 1993. Since that time, that department has be)gn operating with assistance from interns, a dedication of about 0.5 FTE's of clerical support, alad contract technical services on call. We are requesting that the allocation for intern time be inc'.eased 0.25 FTE's to 0.75 FTE's. At the same time, we are asking that the Community Development Department receive the same increased allocation of intern time. Together we wouI{l intend to gain the services of 2080 hours of landscape architect internship time and 1040 hours ofigeneral public administrative intern support. There are no chgnges requested in Street Maintenance, Building Maintenance or Building Inspections. Whi~e we have applied for federal funding for additional personnel in the Police Department, we ar~ not requesting additional patrol officers in 1996. You will recall that Council authorized two officers in 1995 to increase staffing to thirteen sworn, up from the 1990 level of nine. r An additional regu,lar full time Public Works Maintenance Worker position has been requested for 1996. In return, ~ere has been a reduction in the temporary personnel as well as Environmental Services. It is expl~cted that the 0.35 FIE Environmental Specialist position will be removed from the budget in orde~ to create the full time maintenance position. This position will be allocated 104 hours to Environr~ental Services, 208 hours to utilities, 520 hours to snow removal, and 1248 hours to park mair~tenance. It is expected that this new full time position will be posted internally and externally. P~rt time temporary maintenance time in the Street Department will remain the same as in 1995 (~ 480 hours). Part time temporary time in the Parks Department will be reduced 1378 hours to 407,~ hours. The hourly rate for temporary staffing is expected to average $8.70, up from the 1995 budget of $6.50. The sum total of fflc Public Works Department changes is a staffing level of 21,192 hours, which is reduced slightly!from 1995. ~: