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City of Elk Request for Action River To Item Number Mayor and City Council 10.1 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Work Session October 7, 2013 Jeremy Barnhart,Deputy Director, CODD Item Description Reviewed by Environmental-Planning Division Staffing Cal Portner, City Administrator Reviewed by Action Requested Provide direction through consensus for staffing changes to maintain environmental and management service levels with the addition of a Planner I and Environmental Technician. Background/Discussion At the September 3, 2013, Council Work Session, staff presented an overview of the environmental division which included services that were moved, downsized, and proposed to change for the upcoming budget year following increased requirements for our MS4 Storm Water Permit. To address the recent departure of the Environmental Administrator and administrative needs of other divisions under the deputy director, staff proposes filling the vacancy in three parts,the first two to occur immediately: 1. Delegate all planning activities from the deputy director to park planner/planner and the planning intern. This achieves several benefits: • Frees up deputy director time to more proactively provide leadership and strategic management of Economic Development,Planning,and Environmental Divisions. • Allows the deputy director to assist in economic development,while the needs of that division are evaluated,prior to filling the assistant director position. • Establishes a permanent position to complete more complex land use cases,which are now limited due to the timing of the internship,not work capacity. 2. Hire an environmental technician. The previous environmental technician job description would be modified to remove the storm water responsibilities. This individual would oversee the non-storm water aspects of the division,including garbage and recycling,landfill,gravel mining and licensing,heritage preservation, floodplain, shore land, and wild and scenic water resources. 3. Hire a storm water administrator. It is anticipated that the storm water plan will identify the need for several positions. This position would be filled upon the conclusion of the report, due later this month. Expenses of the storm water program,including administration,would be paid for via a mechanism developed out of the recommendations of the plan. This position would likely be an engineering technician I. Based on the above,the proposed job descriptions will be reviewed on the October 21, 2013. P a w E R E U 6 Y NaA f RE]