8.3A. SR 09-04-2018
Request for Action
To Item Number
Mayor and City Council 8.3A
Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by
General Business September 4, 2018 Lauren Wipper, HR Manager
Item Description Reviewed by
Hire Foreman – Street Division Justin Femrite, Public Works Director/Chief
Engineer
Tim Sevcik, Street and Park Superintendent
Reviewed by
Cal Portner, City Administrator
Action Requested
Approve, by motion, the promotion of Chris Teff to the position of foreman for the street maintenance
division effective September 5, 2018.
Background/Discussion
The recent reorganization of the community operations and development and fire departments into fire,
community development, and public works departments created two new foremen positions. We went to
market and received 13 applications for the street foreman position and interviewed 7 candidates. Staff
recommends Chris Teff for the position of foreman for the street maintenance division.
Mr. Teff has been working for the city since September of 2011. He was hired as a full-time laborer and
became a maintenance operator when the laborer position was upgraded to maintenance II in the 2014
budget. In March of 2014, Mr. Teff was appointed to the lead street maintenance operator position and
has been serving in that position ever since.
Financial Impact
With this promotion, Mr. Teff will start at step C of pay grade 6E. Currently, insurance benefits are the
same for Local 49 employees and non-union employees so, although Mr. Teff is moving from a union to
a non-union position, benefits will remain the same.
As an exempt employee, Mr. Teff will no longer be eligible for overtime nor will he be able to accrue
compensatory time. He will use any comp time he currently has on the books by the end of 2018.
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