4.5. SR 02-03-2020Request for Action
To
Item Number
Mayor and City Council
4.5
Agenda Section
Meeting Date
Prepared by
Consent
February 3, 2020
Lauren Wipper, Human Resources Manager
Item Description
Reviewed by
Hire Park Maintenance Worker
Tim Sevcik, Street and Park Superintendent
Josh Baas, Parks Foreman
Reviewed by
Cal Portner, City Administrator
Action Requested
Approve, by motion, the hiring of Jared DeBoer to the position of park maintenance worker effective
Tuesday, February 4, 2020.
Background/Discussion
Staff went to market to fill the position vacated by Park Maintenance Worker Shane Fisher. We received
101 applications and interviewed six candidates. Following background check and pre -employment
testing, we recommend Jared DeBoer for this position.
Mr. DeBoer is currently a seasonal laborer in our parks division. He worked as a seasonal laborer last
winter as well. When he's not working for us, Mr. DeBoer has run his own shoreline restoration and
landscape business since May of 2014. He has also worked as a laborer, foreman, and production
manager at Septic Check in Milaca and prior to that, co -owned a landscaping business.
He holds a BA in Management from St. John's University, a Class A Commercial Driver's License, a
Commercial Pesticide Applicator certification, and is a certified Site Manager/Installer for Storm Water
and Erosion Control.
This position is part of the IUOE Local 49 and all pay and benefits are consistent with union contract
and city policy.
Financial Impact
This is a budgeted position.
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