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<br />Item, 4.8. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Gary leirmoe, WWTP Chief Operator <br /> <br />DATE: January 3, 2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Authorization to Hire Wastewater Operator <br /> <br />The City of Elk River Wastewater Department has interviewed seven applicants Eor the <br />vacant Wastewater Operator position. We then interviewed three applicants a secpnd time. <br />Matt Stevens clearly stood out among the applicants. Matt is a graduate of the W:!.stewater <br />Program at St. Cloud Tech. and has been employed by the City of Long Prairie a~ a <br />Wastewater Operator for the past 18 months. I would like to recommend the hiring of <br />Matt Stevens contingent upon passing the drivers license background check and qirug and <br />alcohol screening. I am requesting to start Matt's employment in the middle of Ja~'lUary 2005 <br />at step 9, pay grade B, which is $16.45 per hr. <br /> <br />There is still one Wastewater Operator position vacant. We have employed Davicll Hubner, <br />, <br />also a graduate of St. Cloud Tech., on a temporary basis. Dave's full-time oppor~nity will be <br />decided in February when he takes the entry level wastewater exam. If at that time he doesn't <br />pass the exam, the hiring process will have to be gone through again to fInd another <br />Wastewater Operator. <br /> <br />S :\Council\ WWTP\AuthHireOperatorO 1 0305 .doc <br />