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Memorandum To: Dave Osberg, City Administrator From: William R Mesaros, Building Official, Department of Building Safety Date: May 13,2003 Subject: Request for temporary seasonal Permit Technician Assistant. Please find attached a letter from Tree Trust confirming our request for a participant in the 2003 Youth Employment Program. The City of Hastings has again been selected to provide employment and training services to eligible youth participating in the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYEPT) and the Minnesota Summer Youth Program (MSY) authorized and funded under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and the Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training through Dakota County Workforce Council (WFC). Under this agreement, SYEPT youth will be provided a useful work experience which will be consistent with the participating youth's capabilities and interests and which will assist the youth to obtain future unsubsidized employment. As you may recall, the Department of Building Safety utilized this program in 2002 to provide additional support to perform clerical assistance in the office during the busy summer construction season. We have been approved for one youth for the eight-week program beginning on July 1, 2003 and ending August 22, 2003. Due to the reduction in budget funding from the state legislature for 2003, Tree Trust was unable to support the full ten-week traditional program. In order to provide clerical support for the full ten-week term and allow the youth the opportunity to participate in employment for the full ten months, I am requesting approval to fund the additional 11 days wages from the Department of Building Safety 2003 budget at the same hourly wage approved by Tree Trust. Request for approval The request is to fund 11 days wages, a maximum of 8 hours a day beginning on or about June 16, 2003 and ending on July 1, 2003 at which time the funding from Tree trust would be in effect. The additional clerical support during this period would be extremely helpful due to the deduction of staff for vacations. With your approval I will submit to council a budget adjustment from consulting to the seasonal employee in the 2003 budget to cover the 11 days. Please contact me if you have any questions.