25 - Appointment of Todd Mittge as city engineer

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Item No. 25 TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Grayson Path, City Manager Rob Vine, Assistant City Manager SUBJECT: City Engineer Appointment of Todd Mittge City Charter Section 23 DATE: November 14, 2022 BACKGROUND: The City Engineer position has been vacant since October 2020. It therefore became the task of the City Manager and Assistant City Manager to seek out and select an appropriate candidate to fill this position. A copy of the Job Description is found below. We will note that while the job description mentions the Airport, given the changes that have occurred in the organizational structure since this job description was first published two years ago, we are re -considering the direct oversight of the Airport. The City Manager and Assistant City Manager worked with Sandy Collard, Human Resource and Civil Service Director, to serve as an Interview Team. Doug Harris, Utilities Director, and Michael Smith, Public Works Director, both also helped with this process prior to the addition of the Assistant City Manager position earlier this year. Over the past two years, several individuals were interviewed, however the City has needed to keep this position open until the right candidate could be found. STATUS OF ISSUE: We are pleased to present to you Todd Mittge, P.E., as our selection for City Engineer. Mr. Mittge is currently employed with the City of Germantown, Tennessee. He has also worked for the State of Washington Department of Transportation, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, and others. He has displayed a great depth of knowledge and understanding that matches the job description in a wide array of engineering fields. He is a licensed engineer in the States of Washington and Tennessee, he will be pursuing his license in the State of Texas upon your approval of his appointment. We