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Form B-52 7/18/91 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DEPARTMENT: Public Works DATE: 08/17/06 STAFF CONTACT: Bruce McClure PHONE: 961-8324 A. REQUEST: A resolution to establish and fund the following position in the Public Works Engineering Division: Position Title Rating Bargaining Unit Civil Engineer IV SR 24 13 B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): The requested position is one of two Civil Engineers requested during the Fiscal Year 2006-2007 budget process. Due to a misunderstanding of the intended request by the Council, only one position was approved and established for the Administration Division. The purpose of these positions is to increase the Department's ability to deliver Capital Improvement Program projects and design services for Highway Maintenance, Traffic and Building Divisions. When developing our overall County CIP program and considering the County's ability to fund projects, it is estimated that the County will need to fund at least $10 million in bonds each year for the next 10 years. Currently, 2004 $47 million and 2006 $25 million bonds have been authorized to fund CIP projects. We also anticipate 2007 being $10-$25 million bonds. With this steady source of CIP funding, combined with Fuel Tax revenues to leverage Federal Highway funds, our goal is to be able to double the number of projects we can contract out each year for the next 10 years or until we can catch up with our deteriorating and inadequate infrastructure. As more and more CIP project are approved and funded through use of Fuel Tax and with County Bonds, projects previously approved for making infrastructure improvements may be left undone without additional manpower. Funds are available, as the one approved position that has been established, funding was included for both positions to be recruited and hired in January 2007 (6 months each). SIGNED: e_• *'--a 4re-. DATE: SI~7/o4, Department Head