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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 10.2 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Work Session November 1, 2021 Matt Stevens, Chief Operator <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Wastewater Maintenance Operator vs. Wastewater Systems Justin Femrite, P.E., Public Works Director <br />Operator <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Discuss reverting back to posting and hiring a Wastewater Systems Operator to fill the current vacancy of the <br />Wastewater Maintenance Operator position. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />Following the resignation of the maintenance operator in 2020, Public Works Director Femrite and Chief Stevens <br />considered refilling the position as a systems operator citing additional operational expertise and staff continuity. <br />When the candidate pool reflected more maintenance talent than minimally qualified operators, Chief Operator <br />Stevens, and Director Femrite agreed to refill the position as a maintenance operator. <br /> <br />The maintenance operator has since tendered his resignation. The division would like to refill it as a systems <br />operator as originally discussed the last time we filled this position. <br /> <br />The maintenance operator’s core duties are maintenance at the wastewater treatment plant. The systems operator <br />does plant maintenance and is qualified for required lab duties, screw press operations, utility locates, <br />inspects/pulls pumps at our 23 lift stations and serves in our on-call rotation. <br /> <br />To have better distribution and cross training of duties, we are proposing to refill the current wastewater <br />maintenance operator position with a wastewater treatment systems operator. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />The maintenance operator position is budgeted in the Wastewater Fund. The financial impact to change to a <br />systems operator ranges from cost neutral to an increase of $3,000, dependent on candidate licenses and <br />qualifications. <br /> <br />Mission/Policy/Goal <br />Meet changing needs - Agile <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> Position Descriptions <br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br /> <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity. <br /> Updated: August 2020 <br />