Exh 8BCITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Part-Time Personnel Pool for Public Utilities
SUBMITTED BY: .Donna Kaluzniak, CEP, Utility Duector
AGENDA ITEM #8B
MAY 28, 2002
DATE: May 20, 2002
BACKGROUND: The Public Utilities Department has had continued staffmg problems at the
treatment plants, and still has a vacant position for Water/Wastewater Operator. Even when fully
staffed, total personnel only meet minimal requirements for plant coverage, and to perform operations,
process control testing, solids handling and basic plant maintenance duties.
One part time operator position is allocated in the budget, currently filled by Lyndon Godwin, who
works the Wednesday evening shift.
Staff would like to develop an "on-call" list ofpart-time licensed treatment plant operators to use in
lieu of overtime needed to cover shifts when we have vacancies, personal leave, or operators out of
town for training. These employees would only be used in place offull-time sta,Jf that would typically
work overtime(OT) to cover a shy.
As an example, as the City is relinquishing certification of the on-site lab, upon terminating the part
time laboratory technician (who is also a licensed operator), OT will be needed to cover the Tuesday
evening shift until the operator vacancy is filled. The average OT rate for existing operators is
$27.15/hour, for an 8-hour total of $217.17. In contrast, using a part time operator to cover this shift
would cost $13.54/hour (using Alan Tablada's current rate) or $108.32, less than half the amount we
would pay in overtime.
As another example, if a licensed operator takes a week of personal leave, approximately 30 hours
overtime would be needed to cover the evening shift, at a cost of $814.20 versus a cost of about $420
for a part timer.
A few applicants did not want to leave their present employment to work for the City full time, but
expressed an interest in working an occasional part time shift for our starting wages,
.BUDGET: A total of $77,200 was budgeted for Overtime in the Water & Sewer Treatment
account nos. 400-5502-533-1400 and 410-5508-535-1400, and due to personnel shortages we are
currently over 75% of budget. Using part-time personnel in-place of overtime should help reduce
expenditures in the overtime accounts.
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize staff to add alist ofpart-time licensed water/wastewater
operators to the payroll to be used in place of full-time personnel that would typically work overtime to
cover a shift at the treatment plants.
ATTACHMENTS: 1
REVIEWED BY CITY
Shin Schedule for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
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City of Atlantic Beach -Public Utllltles Dept
Operator Coverage for Treatment Plants
8-May-02
Wastewater Plants: Tom Welis, Su rintendent
WWTP 1 Sunda Monde Tuesda Wednesda Thursda Frida SatuMa
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Ga Woodruff
Ga Woodruff Alan Tablada
Lab Tech. Lyndon Godwin
P.T. O erator
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WWTP 2
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Mike Fields
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Water Plants: S helton Flowers, Su erintendent
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Notes: Mike Fields, Bill Searcy, Glen Spencer & Gary Woodnrff provide weekend checks for the water plants.
Troy Stephens provides partial coverage for WWTP #1 on TuesNVed.
Other operators fill in on overtime as necessary.
Schedule adjustments will be made when vacant position Js filled.
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