Village eyes options for public works post

In June, Glen Carbon Public Works Coordinator Mike Govreau announced he would be retiring.

The Glen Carbon Village Board accepted his letter of resignation, and Govreaus last day is tentatively set for April 30, 2015.

With this in mind, the Glen Carbon Village Board is beginning the process to find a replacement for Govreau.

Several months ago, we announced that Mr. Govreau had announced his retirement from the public works coordinator position and we have an award package and memo from Mr. (Jamie) Bowden discussing the possible options available and the action item tonight actually involves the advertisement for the position, Glen Carbon Mayor Rob Jackstadt said.

In a memorandum to the mayor and trustees, Village Administrator Jamie Bowden presented three options the board could pursue. They are: to hire from within the village, combine or assign duties of the public works coordinator to the village administrator and building and zoning administrator or solicit an ad to the public and hire from a list of applicants.

The option that I think is in the best interest to the village is to solicit to the public and see what is out there from the qualified pool. If we have internal candidates, they can apply and then we can see how they stack up against the pool, Bowden said.

Following this course of action, Bowden said one thing that needs to be addressed is the salary.

Currently, Govreaus base salary is $64,770 and Bowdens recommendation for a salary to be advertised is $66,000 to $74,000.

Trustee Brooke Harmony said she thought $66,000 was too low and would like to see the bottom come up to $70,000 in order to try to attract higher quality candidates.

She also addressed the title of public works coordinator, which she said felt like it sounded like a secretarial position.

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