– Public release from Mammoth Lakes Town Manager Marianna Marysheva-Martinez:

Town’s accomplishments in Fiscal Year 2012-13:

 

• The Town has developed a succinct list of major accomplishments for Fiscal

Year 20 12-13. We will publish it in the local media, online and in print by the end of August / early September.

MRF:

• At the last night’s Town Council meeting, an announcement was made, following the closed session, regarding the following: (i) that no decision was made on the parcel of land intended for the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), in the Industrial Park; and (ii) there will be an extensive public process regarding the MRF facility, regardless of the Town’s decision — or its timing — on the parcel.

TBID:

• Also at the last night’s Town Council meeting, formation of the Tourism Improvement Distort was approved, effective September 1, 2013. The district would add close to $5 million annually to the current Measure A / General Fund budget provided by the Town to Mammoth Lakes Tourism for tourism promotion and marketing. The new money will flow directly to MLT, with the collections processed by the Town under a contract with MLT.

Contract for Ongoing IT services with Mono County:

• Last night, the Town Council approved the scope of work, and authorized me to enter into a five-year contract with Mono County for the ongoing IT and GIS services. Same request will now go to the Board of Supervisors, in August. We hope to have an agreement in place by the end of August.

CED Director Selection:

• A 6-person panel interviewed 3 leading candidates on Monday. We have two strong finalists based on the panel’s feedback.

• For the leading finalist, we will soon start an extensive background check, as well as a reference check. These will be conducted in August.

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• At the end of August, a follow up phone interview will be held with the leading finalist. Joining me for this interview will be a business owner / community member, Pam Kobylarz, and a staff person from CED. I also have encouraged up to two Council members to be included; Rick Wood and Matthew Lehman were on the interview panel.

• After reviewing the background and reference checks, and conducting the follow up interview, I hope to be able to make a hiring decision. (Which I will do quickly if I am comfortable with the information.) We may be able to have the incumbent on board in September.

Personnel and Risk Analyst Selection:

• Initial panel interviews were held a few weeks ago. The group of candidates was narrowed down by the panel to three.

• A follow up panel interview with the three panelists was held on Monday. We

had a tie between two strong candidates. One of the candidates, unfortunately, accepted another offer a day after the interview.

• For the leading finalist, we will soon start an extensive background check, as well as a reference check. These will be conducted in August.

• At the end of August, I will review the background and reference checks, and hope to be able to make a hiring decision. (Which I will do quickly if I am

comfortable with the information.) We may be able to have the incumbent on board in September.

Plan for Ray Jarvis’s and Johnny Goetz’s Replacements:

1. INTERIM COVERAGE:

• Public Works & Transportation Director: At the recommendation of Ray Jarvis and Peter Bernasconi, no interim will be used. Peter Bernasconi will perform day-to-day administrative tasks of the director, until a permanent replacement is found. In addition, recruitment for a budgeted but vacant Assistant Engineer will begin as soon as possible, to help the engineering staff (including Peter) with the management of the existing workload.

• Assistant Building Official: At the recommendation of Sandra Moberly and Johnny Goetz, the current Public Works Inspector will handle building inspections/code compliance services with Sierra Geotechnical Services (SGS) Inc. providing additional support for inspections that cannot be handled by the Public Works Inspector. SGS is a local company that Johnny has worked with in the past and has a lot of confidence in. SGS started work on July 22, to allow time for a two-week transition with Johnny.

2. RECRUITMENT FOR PERMANENT REPLACEMENTS:

• Public Works & Transportation Director: We are looking to start recruitments by August, with a professionally designed brochure (prepared in-house) and outreach through local printed media, the Town’s website and a number of

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professional organizations. The deadline will likely be at the end of August, with interviews and selection happening in September.

Building Official / Code Compliance / Solid Waste duties: In consultation with Johnny Goetz and Sandra Moberly, the following recruitment / replacement plan has been developed. (Subject to discussions with the impacted unions, and modification as necessary.)

a) Building Official: The Town is legally required to have a certified Building Official. Many smaller cities contract out this function, on an as-needed basis. We would like to do the same, and will seek proposals from at least three entities including Mono County. The contract will be for a not- to-exceed annual hours and amount, to be determined.

b) Building inspections: The Town will recruit for a certified Building Inspector to perform duties currently handled by Johnny Goetz. The position will also be in charge of higher-level solid waste tasks, such as coordination with CalRecycle, long-term regional planning, etc.

c) Code Compliance: The Town will recruit for part-time Code Compliance officer. The position will also be in charge of lower-level solid waste tasks, such as education of businesses on recycling requirements, working with Steve Searles on trash issues, etc.

Please let me know if anyone has questions.

Marianna Marysheva-Martinez

Town Manager

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