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The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional service, and community <br />engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br /> <br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br />To <br />City Council <br />Item Number <br />8.2 <br /> <br />Meeting Date <br />November 18, 2024 <br />Prepared By <br />Joe Stremcha, Business Services Director/Assistant <br />City Administrator <br /> <br />Item Description <br />Northbound Liquor Staffing <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner <br />Joe Stremcha <br />Tina Allard <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Approve, by motion, a change to our authorized full-time staffing count for Northbound. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />At the October 21, 2024, Regular Work Session, staff outlined the challenges we are having staffing <br />Northbound Liquor with the current mix of part-time and full-time staffing. The Council asked for further <br />information regarding the costs associated with regular full and part-time employees. <br /> <br />Based on the raw wage/benefit for 2,080 hours, a full-time employee will cost $30k-$50k more (between <br />Steps A and E). This is primarily the cost of health insurance benefits. Wage steps are a little higher and they <br />do accrue sick and vacation time. Part-time employees are eligible to accrue and use ESST leave per state law. <br /> <br />We generally get more longevity from full-time, reducing our recruitment, onboarding, and training costs. <br />New hires take approximately 20-25 hours of technical (HR/PD) and managerial staff hours from recruitment <br />to training time per hire. <br /> <br />Due to their longevity/commitment, full-time employees can typically tackle higher-level tasks and flex work <br />into periods of higher need, which reduces demands on other full-time and management staff. <br /> <br />Over the past five years, we recruited, interviewed, backgrounded, hired, and trained 33 part-time employees <br />at Northbound, of whom 10 are still employed. Estimates vary, but the hiring process costs about $4,000 per <br />employee. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />An annual increase of $30-50k for an additional full-time liquor store employee with a significant reduction of <br />future part-time recruitment, onboarding, and training expenses. <br /> <br />Mission/Policy/Goal <br />Meet changing needs - agile <br />Page 109 of 204