22. Maint. Worker III and IIPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CUPERTINO Slllriillaiy
AGENDA ITEM ~' ~ AGENDA DATE August 5, 20[18
SUBJECT AND ISSUE
Allocation of an additional position of Maintenance Worker III and elimination of a
Maintenance Worker II position in the Public Works Department with no net increase in
total positions and no increase in the FY 2008-2009 operating budget.
BACKGROUND
The Public Works Facilities Division is responsible for the maintenance and care of all
city facilities. Over the past few years the number and size of these facilities has been
increasing. The Civic Center and Library was completed in 2004, along with the. upgrade
to the Sports Center. With the completion of the Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge, the
City will be responsible for maintaining the superstructure. The new facilities and
upgrades to Blackberry Farm will require additional maintenance. In sum, the City has
completed over $50 million in capital improvement proj ects/facilities additions during the
last five years without an increase in supervisory or lead level maintenance staffing.
There are three field divisions in the Public Works Service Center and currently all but
the facilities division have been allocated two Maintenance .Worker III (MW .III}
positions. The Maintenance Worker III position acts as a lead .worker for -the Field
Supervisors to help schedule and effectively manage the daily workload.
The current MW III's are all very experienced and skilled people in all manners of
maintenance activity. With the increase in the breadth and depth of facility maintenance
demands over the .past few years and the recent retirement of the song tenured
experienced former Facilities Supervisor, additional help at the MW III level is necessary
and so that each Field Supervisor will have two MW DI's to assist them with these .
workload demands.
In addition, because of the experience of a MW III, they also implement, oversee and
compile reports of the janitorial contract; provide on-site coordination/consultation with,
and communication to, outside contractors regarding the location and repair of systems
and structures bordering the area involved in the contract work.
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Staff is proposing to reallocate a Maintenance Worker II position to Maintenance Worker
III such that there will be no net increase in total positions currently allocated .to the
Public Works Department.
FISCAL IMPACT
The impact of this change on the operating budget will be less than $6000, which can be
absorbed by expected salary savings during the Fiscal Year. No new funding is required.
STAFF RECOMIVVILNDATION
Allocation of an additional position of Maintenance Worker III and elimination of a
Maintenance Worker II position in the Public Works Department with no net increase in
total positions and no increase in the FY 2008-2009 operating budget.
Submitted by:
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Ralph A. Qualls, Jr.
Director of Public Works
Approved for submission:
David W. Knapp
City Manager
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