City Council Minutes 05-26-1988
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SPECIAL MEETING - MO TICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Thursday, May 26, 1988 - 7:30 a.m.
Members Present: Arve Grimsmo, Fran air, Warren Smith, Dan Blonigen,
Bill Fair
Members Absent: None
1. consideration of Appointment to osition of water/Wastewater Collection
system Operator.
Public Works Director Simola rep rted that the city received 40
applications for the position of Water/Wastewater collection System
Operator. He went on to say tha Tony Strande is recommended by staff
for the position by virtue of hi overall excellent experience in the
field. In addition, Tony perfor ed well for the City as a wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator prior t being laid off due to organizational
change.
Simola then reviewed a proposed agreement which requires that
Tony Strande reside within 10 mi; the city of Monticello. At the
moment, Tony lives in palmer, Mi nesota. The employee agreement
requires that Tony comply with t e residency requirement within six
months of his start date. The e loyee agreement also calls for Tony
starting at 90 percent of union age with an increase to 100 percent of
union wage after successful comp etion of a probationary period.
Finally, the employee agreement tipulates that Tony will receive credit
for years worked with the city i calculating the accrual of vacation
time. council reviewed the qual'fications of the other candidates with
city staff and discussed the ter s of the proposed employment
agreement.
After discussion, motion was mad by Fran Fair to approve the
appointment of Tony Strande to t e position of water/Wastewater
Collection system operator and t approve the employment agreement with
the stipulation that there will e no extensions to the time line
associated with the residency r uirement contained in the employee
agreement. Motion seconded by Bill Fair. Motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
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J~ Ne~ll
Assistant Administrator