ITEM 3 Street Department Reorganization0
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator
DATE: March 26, 2015
SUBJECT: Street Department Reorganization
This item is a follow-up to the Street Department reorganization discussion that was held at the
February 23, 2015, work session. The items that need to be acted upon by the Council are
approving position descriptions, including each position's pay range, for the first and second in
command positions and determining whether the position(s) will be filled internally through
appointment, internally through open application, or advertised externally allowing both
internal and external candidates to apply. If internal appointments or promotions are made, a
motion to advertise to fill the subsequently vacated position(s) is requested.
Attached are draft position descriptions based on Council's prior direction for a Street
Department Manager and a Lead Operations Coordinator. I have included an optional second
in command position that is a working foreperson type position for consideration as well. I
have structured it has an assigned as needed position. Given that the Street Department staff
count is currently small, this option could function well depending upon how the Street
Department Manager position is structured and filled.
Further, the structure of the department will continue to evolve and change as the department
grows thus there may be additional department organization modifications or position
description changes that should be made after the current vacancy is filled. However, the focus
now is to fill the existing department head vacancy.