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Permmrerrt Part Tinze Positions Presently there are two Permanent Part Time 20-hour (0.5 FTE) Convenience Center Operator positions. Because of the workload increases, both positions are required to regularly work more that 20 hours per workweek. Recommendation: Staff recommends the Board authorize an increase in the position's hours and FTE from part time to full time. This reconmrendation is made regazdless of the reorgazrization. Estimated Cost: The estimated budgeted cost to increase the two positions from part time to full time is $28,531, This is made up of $25,265 in salary and $.3,265 in benefits cost. Lwrg-term Use of Ten¢por°ar~~ employees hr Liear of Permanent ensploa~ees To meet the increased work needs, Public Works has used several temporary positions for periods extended beyond one year.. The effect is these temporary positions are being used as permanent positions but without the employee pay, benefits, and job rights associated with permanent employment. Recommendation: During the first year following the transition, Solid Waste plans to evaluate the workloads, staffing levels and impacts of efficiencies that maybe realized by implementation of roll off container use. With the evaluation, Solid Waste will assess the possible need and opportunity for realignnent of existing staff resotnces to address the work needs. It this assessment it will consider whether these work needs now being addressed by temporary staff could be addressed by realignment of existing permanent staff or whether it is necessary to propose permanent positions to cover the work being done now by these on-going temporary employees, Estimated Cost: To be detemlined. If the result after this evaluation is completed is that additional permanent positions are needed, at least part of this cost could be defrayed by applying the existing temporary wages positions. Attachment A is an organization chart indicating how Sanitation would be incorporated into Solid Waste. Attachment B is a list of authorized permanent positions. Both of these attaclunents include the two permanent part-time positions as changing to full time status. Other Assigned Duties: Sanitation currently is involved with a number of unrelated functions that would likely no longer be provided should a transition occur. Many of these special projects are not directly related to Sanitation's primary mission and often detract from that primary mission. Many of these projects require overtime for the Sanitation employees to complete. Some of the current responsibilities presently performed by Sanitation that seem to fall outside primary Sanitation duties include: • Inclement Weather Operations -Sanitation works with Buildings & Grounds Division to perform inclement weather operations. Sanitation is primarily responsible for the removal of snow and ice from govenunent parking lots, roadways, sidewalks, steps, and the spreading of sand. Sanitation also clears snow from the convenience centers. The Solid Waste Manager functions as FEMA coordinator for all Public Works operations when events occur. Sanitation will maintain responsibilities for assisting Public Worlcs in response to inclement weather situations as necessary. 4