City Council

(s &'fr^r,6 -taa' (-- .--,u i il Itenr I'lo. \'ili D +91 s I 26l aiJ c'cijlrcIL l,{urvlo I'Jo. 928 ivlarclir 2?-, Ii;68 ']]o: IvIayor' ;rrrci t-'ity Ccrur:ci1 f'IiLllv{: City Mi.ii,iigcr ljUil,IECT: -Ap1-.,r:o.zai of ir1,,.r' i:rosi.tion - ?lc,t.: Dep;rrtrnerrt i'his is to trausrnit for your cullsiJeration a rc.lucst tc:l'eatc a new itosi.tion of Nlainterlance Mechanic in the Zoo Departnrent. T'}ic prin-Iary responsibiLity of thi.s individual rvould bc the day-to-r1...-y ara-irrterLance e'f Lire tr.vo trarrr trains ilow operateci by the City lrursuarrt to Lhe cclila.ct..niih the '|,,;oLctgical Socicty approved by Council on lv,[;:rrch I3, I968. On Monday of each week c"uri.nq ti:e busy se:rsorr one of the t.:r'am trains q.,crlld be taken tc the City garage for 1:re.zentive rnai.r' tenal1ce. On Tr-resday ea"ch r,vr:ek Lhe olher rvould be taken to tlr.c City garage for preventive mairrterlance. \tre feel that this lr-raintenance plus lhe day-to-day preventive rn;+intcnance proviCecl by the rrraintenancc rrecha.nic r.t,orrLd lead to a. relativebrr.:al<.dor.l,n.free seasrrn. T1'ris cortsi.cleiation is vita.I in;r.srnur:h i,Ls it iras been estiinated tl'ra.t last year aprproxirriately $200.00 1>er hor-lr was lost because of breakdor,l,n tirne. Pursuant to the c:ontra-ct v;;-lh the Zoological Society, the salary vrould Lre p:,.r:-rated on the basis of the pcrcelltage of time spent on the zoo train vr:rsus tiLe tirne he si-'r:nt on cther City eqrripr:rent, anci that that portion of tirne involved'r,,ith tirc tr,vo tr.'''Lins ,.r,culd l're;ein'rb::used frorn the train revenl.les. I'1ee saiary r:ilnge for the pr:sition..votrlcL be $390 - $460 and no additionalL apnroplia-tion is nr:r:ded ii:a.";rrrur-:]r a.s sala.ry savinp,s Ern,:1 reirnbulsa.ble funds as n.oted a};cve, 1x.,1>r-r.1d be sr.rfficicnt to irrrpierncrrt this position. As noted zrbove, this plop.i,sed position woul-d provide sonle tir.re fol' :'cgu1a.r minor rnaintena.ltce on r1r)irna.i City equiprnent, thus savit.tg sotre dei;ry io clown iiroe preseutlv ex1>erienced as o- rtlsuJ.t of trarrel to or frorn L].re cent.,:al garzlge. It should alsc be ncitecl th;Lt this position r',rou.lci l:e subject to i'e -ev;iLirrrtion cli.rrinrl ti:.r-: irudget prorJi:ss anci suhjecl tc recornrr-rerrdations of the trAS stlldr,. I Council Merno No. 9Zg Marcln ZZ, I96B Page Z It is recornrnended that the.,',:r-.r.,1utiou. creating the position of Maintenance Mechanic at the salaly range irrdicaLed, be approved. R---""p;.;ilby su.bmitted, Rob t H. Oldland City Manager RHO: tjc