ITEM 3.5 Hiring of Utility OperatorOtkoo
MINNESOTA V
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
Request for
City Council Action
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
REQUESTOR:
MEETING DATE:
Administration
Lori Johnson, City Administrator
July 27„ 2015
PRESENTER(s):
REVIEWED BY:
ITEM #:
Consent
3.5 Utility Operator Position
AGENDA ITEM DETAILS
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommend authorizing one class B license Utility Operator position, amending the Utility Operator, B
License, pay range, and hiring Chris Lisson to fill the Class B Utility Operator position.
ARE YOU SEEKING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT?
IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED?
No
No
BACKGROUNDIJUSTIFICATION:
On June 22, the Council authorized filling the Utility Operator vacancy, a position that is currently
authorized at a maximum of a class C wastewater license. At that time, the Council further agreed to
consider increasing the position to a class B wastewater license.
The candidate selected to fill the current vacancy has a class A wastewater license. However, only one
class A position is authorized and only one class A position is needed. Therefore, it is recommended that
one current class C license position be increased to a class B license and the class B license pay grade be
expanded from Pay Grade 9, Steps 6 to 9 to Pay Grade 9, Steps 4 to 9 to secure hiring the top candidate
for this position. Councilmembers Heidner and Schroeder as representatives of the Public Works
Subcommittee were involved with input and review of the initial department structure and pay of utility
positions, thus this item was discussed with them following the Public Works Subcommittee meeting on
Tuesday. They recommend the changes as noted above.
Below is Utility Operations Manager Kurt Neidermeier's hiring recommendation for this position:
Applications for the vacant utilities operator position were closed on July 7th; four candidates were
interviewed. City Staff recommended in its search for the right candidate an operator with experience
providing a high skill level of facility operations and maintenance. Chris Lisson was identified as the best
candidate for the position as he maintains a class A wastewater license, class C water license and Type IV
biosolids license with five years of experience in the Otsego Utility Systems.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: ❑ ATTACHED X ❑ NONE
POSSIBLE MOTION
Please word motion as you would like it to appear in the minutes.
1. Motion to authorize one Utility Operator position at a Class B Wateewater License and to
amend the Class B Operator pay range to Pay Grade 9, Steps 4-9.
2. Motion to authorize hiring Chris Lisson as Utility Operator, Class B at Pay Grade 9, Step 4.
BUDGET INFORMATION
FUNDING: BUDGETED: X ❑ YES
601— Water Utilities Budget
602 — Wastewater Utilities Budget ❑ NO
ACTION TAKEN
❑ APPROVED AS REQUESTED ❑ DENIED ❑ TABLED ❑ OTHER (List changes)
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