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CC Regular Session 7.2. Meeting Date: 12/13/2016 By: Colleen Lasher,Administrative Services Information Title Adopt Resolution 916-12-248 to Approve Position Reclassifications Purpose/Background: The purpose of this case is to ask the City Council to reclassify two current city positions; the Permit Technician Assistant and the Parks Lead Worker. Both reclassifications were included as part of the budgeting discussions and are accounted for in the 2017 budget. This case seeks to accurately classify and compensate City employees for the work performed. The reclassifications listed below reflect the City's desire to maintain an effective organization. Reclassifying positions,when needed, serves to retain high performing employees and furthers the City's mission to work together to responsibly grow our community,and to provide quality, cost-effective and efficient government services. The following positions have changed to include additional,more complex duties and the employees in these positions are working outside of their current job classifications. Therefore, staff recommends the following reclassifications,effective January 1,2017: 1)Reclassify the current Permit Technician Assistant to Permit Technician 2)Reclassify the Parks Lead Worker to Parks Supervisor A brief explanation of the changes include: 1)Reclassify the current Permit Technician Assistant to Permit Technician: The employee in this position has taken on additional responsibilities that greatly exceed the requirements of the Permit Technician Assistant position. In addition, she has successfully passed the Permit Technician certification through the International Code Council (ICC), completed greater than one year in current classification, and demonstrated proficiency with the Administration Chapter of the State Building Code. 2. Reclassify the current Parks Lead Worker to Parks Supervisor: The employee in this position has performed responsibilities well beyond his current position and completed an extensive public works certification involving five college courses totaling 20 credits, as follows: Office and Professional Skills for Public Works,Public Works Organization and Administration,Public Works Management and Communication, Technical Aspects of Public Works, and Public Works Operations and Maintenance. With approval of this reclassification, in addition to the job duties that have already occurred, staff plans tcimplement an operational change to the Parks Department.This effort seeks to achieve some of the goals of the City's Strategic Plan such as improving staff effectiveness, securing more outside funding sources, improving our recreation programing offerings, and planning for the future.To do this,the City will be shifting some job responsibilities among two key parks employees. Parks and Asst. Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood will assume a larger planning and development role within the department, and Mike Berge, as the new Parks Supervisor,will manage more of the day-to-day Park Department maintenance operations and personnel issues. Both employees will report to the Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer and will continue to work together to maintain, improve, and develop our parks and trail system for the betterment of the community. Specifically,the Parks Supervisor duties will include: .Main contact person for day-to-day park maintenance issues.