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Councilmember Woestehoff commented he would support that. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked about the cost. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied an educated guess would be about $35,000. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove commented that she saw on LinkedIn that the cities of Crystal, <br />Plymouth, Golden Valley, New Hope, Minneapolis, and St. Louis Park are all having trouble <br />recruiting workers so if there is a quality candidate they should take advantage of it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman asked what position that was for. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove replied it was staffing issues in Public Works and seasonal workers. <br />She suggested that if the revenue is available and there are quality candidates that it be considered. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma asked if there was Council consensus to add a second Streets Maintenance Worker. <br />There was Council consensus. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher summarized that the Council direction was rather than <br />recruiting for one Streets Maintenance Worker they will recruit for two. She stated she is always <br />looking for efficiencies in Human Resources to save on Staff resources. She stated she and the <br />City Attorney had discussed process improvements to hiring seasonal and temporary employees. <br />She stated she has noticed other cities just hire them. She stated she has always been told the City <br />Administrator doesn’t have authority to hire and fire anyone. She stated that some cities, by <br />resolution, are delegating the authority of hiring seasonal employees without having to bring it to <br />Council. She felt that would be more efficient as they are losing candidates while waiting for a <br />City Council meeting for approval. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma asked if this would have a budget impact or if it has already been accounted for in <br />the budget. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher confirmed this. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman asked if this is giving the City Administrator the authority to make the <br />offer but the position has already been outlined. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman replied he agreed with seasonal positions and asked what other <br />positions. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied temporary interns. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman replied that level of hourly employees would make sense but higher <br />levels would still need Council input. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session /June 14, 2022 <br />Page 6 of 16 <br /> <br />