ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE the Addition of 10 FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE WORKERS, that will Increase the City's Full-Time Maintenance Worker Staff from 31 Employees to 41 Employees, will Reduce the City's Temporary Maintenance Worker Staff from 15 Employees to 5 Employees During the Summer, and will Reduce the City's Temporary Maintenance Worker Staff from 22 Employees to 12 Employees during the Winter; and,
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2022 and 2023 REVISED ANNUAL BUDGET Relating to the Use of General Fund Balance and Storm Water Utility Fund Balance for the Additional Staff in the Public Works Department, in the Amount of $125,000 in 2022 and $50,000 in 2023.
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BACKGROUND: As a trending challenge across all hiring, recruiting additional temporary maintenance workers has proven to be difficult during the current labor market conditions. Additionally, the vast majority of our existing temporary labor workforce will attain 1,000 hours before the end of the year. Reaching 1,000 hours requires the employee to be IMRF eligible and contribute 100% of the required amount. This requirement will cause some of the temporary workforce to terminate employment due to the lower rate of pay after reaching 1,000 hours, and at varying times due to the rolling start dates for individual employees, which could cause serious disruptions in winter operations. However, the additional full-time staff will also provide resources for the long overdue Annual Crack Seal Program to be fully reinstated during warmer weather months, which is the first line of defense against further road surface deterioration and potholes. To date in 2022, over 18,000 potholes have been patched, and over 1,500 calls were received in relation to the 2021/2022 snow and ice events on City roads. In addition to the preventative measures of crack sealing, the Annual Winter Mainte...
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