2005/09/13 City Council Resolution (15)RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -287
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
AUTHORIZING REINSTATEMENT OF MANAGEMENT UNIT POSITIONS OF DIRECTOR OF
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS /CITY ENGINEER AND
RECLASSIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT UNIT POSITIONS OF FINANCE DIRECTOR/CITY
TREASURER AND CITY ENGINEER
WHEREAS, the City Manager as the Personnel Officer for the City has accomplished a review of
the current City department structure, management unit positions and reporting relationships; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has agreed to support the City Manager's proposed restructuring
plan of City departments (see Exhibit A attached); and
WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends reinstating previously obsolete management unit
positions of Director of Administrative Services and Director of Public Works /City Engineer, bringing
those position specifications up-to -date (see attached) and assigning them at the 100M salary range
based on a recent salary comparison; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager acknowledges the positions listed below have been performing the
duties of the recommended reinstated management positions and recommends the following
reclassifications:
FROM
Finance Director /City Treasurer
Range 98M
$7,810 - $9,492/month
City Engineer
Range 98M
$7,810 - $9,492/month
TO
Director of Administrative Services
Range 100M
$8,105 - $9,8521month
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Range 100M
$8,105 - $9,852/month
WHEREAS, the City Manager further recommends retaining the positions of Finance
Director /City Treasurer and City Engineer in the City's Classification and Compensation Plan in the event
of future staffing needs; and
NOW, THEREFORE, 13E IT RESOLVED by the Rohnert Park City Council that said
reinstatement of the management unit positions and reclassifications listed above are hereby approved.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 13th day of September, 2005.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
BREEZE: MI
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
VIDAK- MARTINEZ: MACKENZIE: A
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City of Rohnert Park
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DEFINITION
Under administrative direction, plans, organizes, and directs the City's accounting,
finance, utility, information services, purchasing, human resources, and risk
management functions; has administrative responsibility for City Treasurer and City Tax
Collector functions; assists City Manager in development of annual budget; acts as
financial advisor for City; provides administrative support to the City Manager and the
City Council; and performs related work as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Director of Administrative Services is expected to know all laws, codes and
standards regulating municipal finances and within these guidelines, has discretion to
plan, organize and direct the City's financial operations.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED /EXERCISED
Policy direction is provided by the City Council and administrative direction is provided
by the City Manager. The Director of Administrative Services provides direct and
indirect supervision of staff in assigned areas of responsibility.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Has responsibility for the management, supervision, and coordination of the City's
financial and business activities
Directs fiscal planning, accounting, internal control, and audit functions
Plans, organizes, and coordinates the development of the annual operating and capital
improvement budgets
Updates and advises City Council regarding financial matters including the advisability
of increasing fees and taxes
Manages the preparation of annual financial reports, budgets, and budget projections
Assists departments with financial planning and budgeting
Oversees the collection and disbursement of City funds in accordance with legal
requirements and regulations
Prepares resolutions and ordinances
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Directs the preparation and /or prepares a wide variety of financial statements and
reports required by City administration and other governmental agencies
Oversees City Treasurer and Tax Collector functions, insuring their proper legal and
efficient functioning
Oversees the maintenance of cash flow and revenue records
Develops, supervises, controls, and administers bond programs & approves fund
transfers
Administers and controls Federal Revenue Sharing Grant Programs
Administers and accounts for Transportation Development Act funds
Directs, administers, and controls the Ct'y's deferred compensation programs
Accounts for State Gas Tax funds
Directs City utility billing, fee development, and operations
Develops proposals for hiring and evaluating external auditors and consultants
Provides management oversight for City's human resources, purchasing, risk
management, and information services activities
Serves as City Safety Manager, developing safety programs and meeting mandated
safety requirements
Assists the City Manager /Personnel Officer with employee negotiations and labor
relations issues
Attends City Council meetings as required and makes staff reports
Represents the City at assigned functions with citizens, community organizations, and
other governmental bodies
May serve as a board member for cooperative insurance programs
May act in the capacity of the City Manager as delegated.
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Director of Administrative Services
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QUALIFICATIONS
ExperiencellEducatignaMILning
Sufficient experience, education and training to manage the finances of a City; the
collection, accounting and reporting of City funds and the work of a City finance
department. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications is to have the equivalent
of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work
in accounting, business or public administration and five years of increasingly
responsible work in governmental accounting, auditing and financial management,
including two years in a supervisory capacity. A Master's Degree is highly desirable.
Knowledge /SkilUAbility
Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Generally
Accepted Auditing Standards; principles and practices of governmental accounting and
budgeting, investment management, public administration and personnel management;
purchasing, information technology, and risk management; good knowledge of fund
accounting and reporting; standard office procedures, machines, manual and
automated data storage, processing and retrieval systems; thorough knowledge of laws,
codes and regulations pertaining to municipal government.
Skill to use spreadsheets and other computer applications related to financial
operations; learn and utilize new technology.
Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and supervise the City's financial, accounting,
information services, utilities, purchasing, human resources and risk management
functions; manage public money, make financial plans, projections and budgets and
apply financial regulations and sound accounting principles to a wide variety of
transactions; analyze, interpret and quickly act upon data related to investment
decisions and other financial transactions; insure use of sound investment policies and
procedures; detect problems and suggest corrective action as well as analyze needs
and develop and implement systems or programs to meet them; provide administration
direction for utility billing, fee development, and operation functions; make independent
decisions and solve practical operational problems; formulate, implement, and evaluate
finance, accounting, and auditing systems and procedures; develop and explain the
operating and capital improvement budgets; direct the preparation and prepare complex
financial statements and reports; train, supervise and evaluate assigned staff, make
effective presentations; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships;
resolve conflicts, communicate and work effectively with others in City government,
boards and commissions, attorneys, underwriters, consultants, contractors and
members of the public.
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Director of Administrative Services
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WORKING CONDITIONS
Position requires prolonged sitting in the performance of daily duties and frequent
repetitive keyboarding motion for preparing reports and other documents. The position
also requires walking and some standing, stooping, pushing, dragging, and light lifting of
journals, printouts or boxes.
LICENSE/CERTIFICATE
Possession of a Class C California driver's license by date of appointment.
FLSA Status
This is an exempt management position.
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City of Rohnert Park
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS /CITY ENGINEER
DEFINITION
Plans, directs, and oversees the functions of Public Works Department and Engineering
Department, including responsibility for the City's parks, traffic, transit, transportation,
streets, water and sewer functions, subdivisions, civil works construction, building
construction, and landscaping; performs other duties as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Director of Public Works /City Engineer has responsibility for the management,
supervision, and professional engineering functions involved in the City's public works
projects, parks, and building operations, including functioning as the City's Traffic
Engineer and the Superintendent of Streets.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED /EXERCISED
Policy direction is provided by the City Council and administrative direction is provided
by the City Manager. Supervisory responsibility entails direct and indirect supervision of
technical and operational staff in Public Works and Engineering. Provides
administrative oversight of Public Works and Engineering contracts and consultants.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates public works, and engineering functions of
the City
Handles all general and specialized engineering services, including contracts with State
and Federal transportation agencies
Supervises the management, operations and maintenance of streets, parks,
landscaping and utilities, including the City's water and wastewater facilities
Prepares annual operating budget requests and controls expenditures
Formulates, implements, and evaluates departmental operating policies and
procedures
Provides professional civil engineering consultation to the City Council and City
Manager regarding public works, building and engineering activities
Oversees the checking and inspecting of maps and plans submitted by private
developers and contractors
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Prepares and administers contracts
Processes and approves purchase and work requests
Inspects City facilities
Oversees and prepares plans specifications and bid proposals for public works projects
Supervises the proper inspection of public works construction projects
Responds to inquiries and complaints regarding public works and engineering functions
Oversees the preparation of reports and studies and prepares a variety of reports and
studies
Supervises, trains, and evaluates the performance of assigned staff
Prepares agenda items and resolutions
Maintains records
Serves on committees, boards, and commissions as directed
Meets with individuals and community organizations concerning the operations and
activities of the public works and engineering functions
QUALIFICATIONS
Experience /Education/Training
Sufficient experience, education and training in public works and civil engineering
activities to coordinate the City's operations in an effective and cost efficient manner. A
typical way of obtaining the required qualifications is to possess the equivalent of a
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related field from an accredited
college or university and five years experience in public works and building operations
and professional civil engineering involving the design and construction of public works
projects, including at least two years in a management or supervisory capacity. A
Master's Degree is highly desirable.
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Knowledge /Skill /Ability
Comprehensive knowledge of civil engineering design and construction principles and
practices as applied to public works projects and building construction methods of
preparing designs, plans, specifications, estimates, and acquisition of funding for the
development of public works facilitates and building construction; operations and legal
requirements of water and wastewater systems; principles of organization,
administration, budget, and personnel management; principles of supervision and
training; principles of public financing, contracting, and budgeting; local, State, and
Federal laws and regulations impacting public transportation issues.
Sk611 using spreadsheets and at learning and utilizing new technology.
Ability to plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and evaluate the public works, building and
engineering functions of the City; supervise, train and evaluate assigned staff;
formulate, evaluate, and make recommendations on policies and procedures affecting
the public works, building construction projects and engineering services; perform
comprehensive professional engineering review in the development of designs, plans,
drawings, and specifications for public works, building construction, and alteration
projects; annually prepare budget requests and control expenditures; provide clear,
concise, and professionally sound consultation to the City Council, City Manager, and
other interested parties on public works, building and engineering issues, prepare and
maintain comprehensive and concise technical reports; prepare grant applications and
administer grant programs; make effective public presentations; communicate
professionally and effectively, orally and in writing; establish and maintain cooperative
working relationships with members of the public, the development community, and
staff of other public agencies.
Workinq Conditions
Position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking, reaching, twisting, turning,
kneeling, bending, squatting, and stooping in the performance of daily activities. The
position also requires grasping, repetitive hand movement, and fine coordination in
preparing and reviewing construction plans, statistical reports and data, and using a
computer key board. Additionally, the position requires near, far, and color vision in
reading reports, reviewing plans and blueprints, and using the computer. Hearing is
required when providing phone service. When visiting constructions sites, the
incumbent may be required to walk on uneven and slippery surfaces, be exposed to all
weather conditions, dust and pollen, and mechanical hazards such as construction
equipment.
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LICENSE/CERTIFICATE
Possession of a Class C California Driver's License by date of appointment.
Possession of a valid Certificate of Registration as a Civil Engineer issued by the
California State Beard of Registration for Professional Engineers.
FLSA Status
This is an exempt management position.
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Staff Organization Chart
City Manager/
Personnel Officer
City Clerk
Director of Director of
Director of
Public Safety
Public Works /
Community
City Engineer
Development
Police, Engineering
Planning
Assistant
.City Manager
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Economic
Development
ntergovernmental /'
Strategic Planning['
Special Projects