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Request to Address Funding and Staffing Needs Resulting from Termination of Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) Contract and the use of the Greenspace and Community Develop Funds (B)
This item requests the City Commission approve the addition of twenty nine (29) FTE positions to replace the loss of labor crews due to the termination of the FDOC Contract, approve the re-allocation of $723,933 from unappropriated Greenspace and Community Development Funds and $250,000 in Solid Waste Funds to be used to offset costs for personnel services, and approve the surplus of six (6) identified tot lots.
Explanation
The Public Works Department (PWD) had two contracts with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) that provided the City of Gainesville with labor crews. The Public Works, Operations Division and the Solid Waste Division, held these contracts. Three areas in PWD utilized these crews: an Operations crew that concentrated on mowing; a Litter crew, which ensured litter removal from City streets and neighborhoods; and a Resource Recovery crew, which dealt with disposition of City departmental inventory. Each crew included an FDOC supervisor that provided oversight of the labor crews.
PWD: Operations
In the Operations Division, the labor crew completed a variety of tasks including picking up litter in City rights of way and at City owned properties. They managed vegetation and litter along the City’s storm water canals. Other duties include cleaning and clearing City-owned lots, cleaning off the kiosks in downtown and midtown, filling in potholes and areas that wash out, and transporting materials for PWD. In order to continue these functions, PWD - Operations Division will need one (1.0) FTE for a Labor Crew Leader and four (4.0) FTEs for Maintenance Worker Is.
PWD: Solid Waste
The litter removal from City streets and neighborhoods was previously being performed by a supervisor and a labor crew of five (5) individuals who picked up litter ...
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