To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Seth Anderson, Management Analyst II
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Title
Budget Staffing Plan for the Public Works Department - Engineering
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the Budget Staffing Plan to add one Junior Engineer position and delete one Senior Engineering Aide and approve a FY 2019/20 budget adjustment to Public Works Department Measure T Engineering.
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DISCUSSION:
After the first year of Measure T implementation, the workload and project deliverables are such that the Measure T team needs greater technical engineering support. Public Works is requesting to upgrade the Senior Engineering Aide to a Junior Engineer as the subsequent skill set, added qualifications, and duties to be performed align with division needs and support required for maximum efficiency.
Typical duties that the position is responsible for will include:
1. Participating in the design and preparation of plans, specifications and cost estimates for large street rehabilitation projects; researching project design requirements, performing calculations, preparing estimates of time and materials costs, and determining sequencing and detour requirements.
2. Acting as critical team member of the Measure T Project Team for large street rehabilitation projects, including serving as designer, assisting with contract administration, and providing design support during construction.
3. Act as a liaison and investigating field/design issues affecting the public, property owners, contractors, and maintenance operations; as technical personnel collecting the necessary data; developing recommendations and meeting with the appropriate parties to discuss and implement recommendations.
4. Providing engineering information, including City requirements related to property improvements, to the public and other City departments; arra...
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