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Item #5. L iity of · MEMORANDUM lver TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Pat Klaers, City Administrator DATE: January 10, 2000 SUBJECT: Discuss Custodian Position Our building maintenance employee, Sue Herrboldt, joined the city ~bout eighteen months ago. The city created and filled this full time position when Laurie Heinecke left her contracted cleaning position with City Hall. One of the reasons Laurie left the city was that the workload had expanded the hours she had available. Additionally, when the city created the maintenance position, one of the goals was to create a clearinghouse for all of the mechanical, heating, plumbing, etc., systems so that ke, track of maintenance and repair schedules would be easier to follow facility. Since Sue joined the city, the cleaning workload has continued to inc cleaning alone has dominated her schedule. This has not allowed he~ on the building maintenance work that has slowly been growing ove: few years. Most of our municipal buildings are fairly new, but as the facilities age, so will the building maintenance workload and respon., Additionally, as we add the Emporium/Community Recreation facili~ Arena facility, and, as we more thoroughly evaluate buildings like ti it is clear that the janitorial/custodial and building maintenance wm continue to increase. Sometimes the more you do, the more you see t to be done. This is true in Sue's situation. beyond building position ,~ping For each rease and ,to work . the last dbilities. ;y, the Ice Le fire hall, 'k will hat needs Besides cleaning, a second important function for this additional em ~loyee is to have someone available for the duties at City Hall when Sue is go ~e for vacation, sick leave, or at a conference. At this time no back up is re~dily available and, quite frankly, we have been lucky up to this point, as Sue has not been gone for an extended period. In the 2000 municipal budget, a half time position is allocated for t~e building maintenance program to help Sue in her responsibilities. The inte,n~ was to hire someone strictly for janitorial/custodial work so that Sue coul~ concentrate more on the building maintenance responsibilities. Sue asked for a full time employee as she saw a need for this amount of additional help to 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425