5.1. SR 08-12-2002Item 5.1.
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
Stephen Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator
DATE:
August 12, 2002
SUBJECT: Consider hiring Rebecca Hau~ as Environmental Assistant
Staff received 29 applications for the position of Environmental Assistant with the Building
and Zoning Department and was very pleased with the qualifications of the applicants. Four
applicants were interviewed and two very acceptable candidates emerged.
Staff is recommending Rebecca Haug be hired for the position of Environmental Assi,.stant.
Ms. Haug has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from St.
Cloud State University. She worked for approximately one year for Benton County as an
Environmental Technician. Since March of 1999 she has been employed by Sherburne
County as an Environmental Specialist, dealing with the same duties as the city's
Environmental Assistant position.
Rebecca has a Class II Waste Disposal Facility Inspector Certification (landfill inspector) and
On-site Sewage Treatment Inspector License (septic systems) through the State of
Minnesota. Ms. Haug has receiver formal training regarding shoreland and floodplain rules '
and is qualified to do wetland delineations.
Staff recommends the city hire Rebecca Haug as an Environmental Assistant under the
following conditions:
Starting date - August 13, 2002.
Exempt employee.
Starting salary $41,000/year.
Normal cost of living increase in January of 2003.
Orientation period ends on February 13, 2003.
*Based on a fully competent performance review, Ms. Haug will receive a step,.
increase effective July 1, 2003. The salary range the step increase fits into will be
based on a comparable worth study for this position.
*The duties of the Environmental Assistant are different enough from other past similar
positions that staff is recommending a comparable worth study on it be conducted. The
study will determine the ultimate salary range of this position. This comparable worth study
may or may not be completed in time for July's step increases. Staff is recommending that
Ms. Haug's step increase is made retroactive to July's step increase, if the comparable worth
study is not done in time.
As a condition of her hiring, Ms. Haug has requested August 23 and 26 off. She has plans to
take a trip to the Boundary Waters with her husband. Since she will not have enough
vacation time at that point, these days will be leave without pay.