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Mayor Kuzma asked for an explanation of Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent <br />Riverblood's role and how the two of them will work together. <br />City Engineer Westby replied Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood will <br />soon be appointed to the Assistant Public Works Director position and would work closely with <br />him on the Public Works side. He stated Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent <br />Riverblood is in close contact with the supervisors over there and would be doing the day-to-day <br />operations. He continued that now Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood <br />is busy with the parks department and has been doing a lot of planning work which would have to <br />be discussed and coordinated. <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher answered Councilmember Heineman's question about <br />pay scales by stating her educated guess was that it would not exceed $8,220 for a full year. She <br />stated another question was if the Public Works Director was around $60 an hour, compared to a <br />Engineering Assistant at $30 an hour, that makes sense to her. She stated if they are both as <br />efficient they would be paying $30 instead of $60 for a task that takes an hour and would be freeing <br />the engineer to use more of this expertise, which was logical to her. She offered to get the exact <br />numbers and email them out. <br />Councilmember Heineman replied ballpark numbers were fine for him unless they were drastically <br />different. <br />Councilmember Woestehoff commented he was very supportive of the restructuring. He <br />referenced the future organization chart it shows that the Parks Supervisor and lead Park <br />Maintenance Workers report to the Public Works Director and asked it would make more sense to <br />have them underneath the Parks and Assistant Public Works Director than going to the Public <br />Works Director, he stated that would give Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent <br />Riverblood more responsibility. <br />Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood replied he thought either way would <br />work. He stated he supported this and thought it would be an effective collaboration. He pointed <br />out that in nine years he and City Engineer Westby have never had a disagreement. He stated Ms. <br />Weidnar supported Public Works when the Public Works Administrative Assistant was out on <br />leave and Ms. Weidnar was very effective so that would be a good move. <br />Councilmember Riley expressed concerns because in the six months City Engineer Westby took <br />over for Tim Gladhill, engineering fell behind because doing two jobs can't be done effectively. <br />He stated he felt this may be putting City Engineer Westby in the same position. He also expressed <br />concern with understaffing by design when engineering and streets are periodically falling behind <br />now before the restructuring. He asked how that would be addressed. <br />City Engineer Westby replied he understood the concern and replied the months he covered for <br />Mr. Gladhill were very busy and admitted he fell behind and is just catching up now. He stated <br />the way the engineering reclasses would work out, now the Engineering Tech II who is out in the <br />field and is taking his professional engineer exam next year would be working on plans and specs <br />along with the Assistant City Engineer so there would be two inhouse people doing those duties <br />City Council Work Session / May 24, 2022 <br />Page 8 of 17 <br />