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?ity of <br /> <br />River <br /> <br />M£MORANDLIM <br /> <br />Item #4.5. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Ad~_:~or <br />January 24, 2000 <br /> <br />Custodial Position <br /> <br />On January 10, 2000, the City Council reviewed the need for additional help to <br />clean our municipal buildings so that our building maintenance employee, Sue <br />Herrboldt, can concentrate more on building maintenance activities. I don't <br />know the exact figures, but the city has a substantial investment into its <br />municipal facilities and has a lot of building square footage to clean and <br />maintain. The 2000 budget includes funds for an additional half time position <br />for custodian duties. The staff request at the January 10 meeting was for a full <br />time position. While it seemed the council had no doubt that additional hours <br />are needed to clean and maintain all of the city facilities, there were a lot of <br />questions regarding how much help is needed and the status of the cleaning <br />contract for the Police Station. Consequently, this request to advertise for <br />additional help was continued to a future council meeting. <br /> <br />Chris Zerwas, of Zerwas Cleaning, has had the contract for cleaning the Police <br />Station for 10+ years. Unfortunately, neither Tom nor Chris are available to <br />attend this City Council meeting for this discussion. Both Chris and Tom have <br />indicated that they are satisfied with the current working arrangement, but <br />also understand that the City Council may want to change. Our building <br />maintenance employee, Sue Herrboldt, will be in attendance at this meeting in <br />order to answer City Council questions regarding janitorial services and <br />building maintenance work. <br /> <br />The city is happy with its existing working relationship with Zerwas Cleaning <br />and I believe we are getting a good buy under the contract versus having a <br />one-half to three-quarter time employee perform this work. The contract is <br />$950 per month (plus tax). An employee with benefits would cost the city more <br />than this price. This contract cost has not changed since we moved into our <br />new facility in 1993. Additionally, when Chris is not available for work, while <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />