HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.a. Economic Development Coordinator PositionG,Goii, Of Rosemount
PHONE (612) 423-4411 2875 - 145th Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota MAYOR
Edward B. McMenomy
FAX (612) 4235203 Mailing Address: COUNCILMEMBERS
P.O. Box 510, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068 -MIO Sheila Klassen
James (Red) Steals
Harry Willcox
Dennis Wippermann
ADMINISTRATOR
TO: Chair Dunn 'PA -7—A -z Mawe McMenomy, SinnweTy hen Jilk
moarLuttentue.rs: Anderson', I
Wippermann
FROM: Stephan Jilk, City Administrator
DATE: June!12, 1.992
RE: Economic Development Coordinator
The interviewand selection process to fill the Economic -
Development Co : ordinator position is now completed. This process
included the review of some 66 applications for the position and
selection of seven
even persons to interview for the position.
These interviews and the follow up in reference checks has
concluded in t : he interview team extending an offer to one of the
candidates. This candidate is John Miller. Please see attached a
copy of Mr. Miller's application and resume and the letter sent to
him offering the position pending your approval and that of the
City Council.
Mr. Miller, as you can see from his application/resume, would bring
to the city many years of experience working in the public sector
in the areas of economic development and planning. This experience
ranges from small city experience to larger city experience (St.
Cloud) . His experience includes both project management and detail
project work.
In checking Mr. Miller's references I found praise for his
aggressiveness: and leadership, along with his working knowledge
which has brought him success dealing with developers on behalf of
the agencies he has worked for.
The interview committee, made up of Mayor McMenomy, Chair Dunn and
I are pleased to recommend the hiring of Mr. John Miller as the
City's Economic Development Coordinator.
Your requested action is to pass a motion to recommend to the City
Council to approve this hiring.
6very1h11,tg'S coming (Up RosemouvdY
eity of 9osemouni
PHONE (612) 4234411 2875 .145th Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota MAYOR
Edward B. McMenomy
FAX (612) 4235203 Mailing Address:
ERS
P.O. Box 510, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-0510 COUNCILMSheila iClasaentassen
James (Red) Staats
Harry Willcox
Dennis Wippermann
May 21, 1992 ADMINISTRATOR
Stephan Jilk
Mr. John Miller
Route 6, Box 253
Princeton, Minnesota 55371
RE: City of Rosemount
Economic Development Coordinator
Employment Opportunity
Dear John:
This letter',will confirm our telephone conversation of Monday,
May 18th, 1992.
I would like to thank you for meeting with Mayor McMenomy,
Chairperson, Dunn and I. We found your experience and background
most supportive of your application. I have taken the
opportunity to call on some of your references and was pleased
with their ',input on your credentials.
Based'on all of this the City would like to make you an offer of
employment',to fill the position of Economic Development
Coordinator for the City. This offer would be:
Starting Salary: $46,400 per year
Probationary period of six months
Starting vacation accrual rate of 2 weeks
In addition all other benefits normally provided to full time,
non-union employees. Please see theattachedresolution which
outlines those benefits as we discussed.on the phone.
You would be required to take a pre-employment physical at the
city's expense as a prerequisite to employment. For insurance
purposes, the police department will conduct a driver's licence
check prior to your employment date.
We would like to have you start this employment within two weeks
from the time this is approved by the City Council. If you
formally accept the offer, I will ask the Port Authority and City
Council to',formally approve your hiring on June 16 at the regular
meetings.
&verylht- tgs Cooming U� gosemountii
John Miller
May 21, 1992
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I would ask you to reply to this offer so that we may move ahead
and get Port Authority and City Council approval. I look forward
to your working with the rest of the fine staff here at
Rosemount.
SinJ&7n
y�
eJilk
Cit AdminisItrator
Enclosure
SJ/1j
Please Return to:
City of Rosemount
2575 - 145th Street West
P. 0. Box 510
Rosemount, IT 5506$
Dear Applicant:
we welcome you as
considered with o'
in employment. T.
color, sex or age
craCtices and ope
temporary, and se
Date Received
APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT
in applicant mor employment.
Your application will be
aers. It is our policy to provide quality of opportunity
is policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race,
in all aspects of our personnel policies, programs,
aticns. This policy &pplins to full-time, part-t_ms,
sonal employment.
The information contained in this application will be considered personal
and confidential and used only in conjunction with your possible
employment. Please furnish us with complete..information. you are
encouraged to attach any additional information which you believe qualifies
you for the position.
Please use INR or:TYPEWRITER
t• i; oVPYn� Full-time y Part-time
positi ons applied for: ..conQmic D m--nt
Coordinator Temporary Seasonal
Date available: Immediately
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Last First Middle Social Security r:
• Miller John Robert 303-44-4271
Present Address: Street
Route 6 Box 253
City County
Princeton Mille Lacs
Do you have any
performance?
State
Zip Code :come Phone T 380_3099
MIS 55371 Work Phone r:
sinal or health limitations which affect your work
yes No }.
?f you have answered YES, Dease use an additional sheet to explain.
If you are not a citizen of the United States, do you have the Bureau of
immigration approval to work in the U.S.?
Yes No
a
EDUCATION INFORMATION (TO'BE COMPLETED ONLY IF EDUCATION IS A JOB
REQUIREMENT) . ,
Circle the highest Grade School High School College Post Grad.
grade completed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 or GED 13 14 15 16 MA PHD
TYPES OF SCHOOL
NAME AND ADDRESS OF SCHOOL
DEGREE
OR CERT.
MAJOR
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE OR UNIV.
GRADUATE SCHOOL
( 'Please see resume.
TECHNICAL
List any correspondence courses, special courses, seminars, workshops,
training, and skills acquired that might relate to this position. Please
review the job description before answering this question.
List any current licenses, registrations, or certificates that you possess.
Include driver's license number, class and state of issue.
MN M-460-429-745-810 C
TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANTS FOR CLERICAL, AD:INISTRATIVE & FISCAL
POSITIONS ONLY
Typing: Yes ( ) No ( ) WPM Shorthand: Yes ( ) No ( ) WPM
Business machines and experience:
Bookkeeping experience:
TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANTS FOR LABOR & SKILLED TRADE POSITIONS ONLY
Apprenticeship(s) served or learned:
Capable of operating the following equipment:
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY'- Please list past employers beginning with your most
recent employment.) If _necessary, list other employers on an additional
sheet. You are no required to furnish employment dates five (5) years
beyond date of application. If employment dates are not included, indicate
number of years.
Employer's Name: City of Lino Lakes
Nailing Address: Telephone T:
1189 Main Street 464-5562
Lino Lakes MN 55014
Position Held: Duties Perfcrmec: Please
see resume.
City Planner/Ec'onomic Development Coordinator
Immediate Supervisor : Full-time (}; )
Part-time
Randy Schumacher, City Administrator
Employment Dates:, From To
Last Salary:
1987-1991
$46,000
Reason for leaving:
New mayor and two new council members elected favoring no growth.
N.ay we _contact your present employer? Yes (X ) No
if no. please -explain:
Employer's Name: City of Maple Grove
Telephone t:
Mailing Ad tress :
420-4000
9153 Fernbrook Lane
Maole Grove MN 55369
Position Held: Duties Performed:
City Planner/Admin. Assistant Please see resume.
Immediate Supervisor: Full-time (x)
Part-time ( )
Doug Reeder', City Administrator
Employment Dates: From To Last Salary:
1984-1987 $33,500
Reason for leaving:
Accept other employment offered to me.
May we contact your past employers? Yes (a) No ( )
If no, please explain:
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Employer's Name:
St. Cloud Area Council of Governments
?Mailing Address: Telephone T:
665 Franklin Avenue N.E. 252-7568
St. Cloud MN 56301
Position held: Duties Performed:
Executive Director See resume.
Immediate Supervisor: Full-time (X ) Part-time ( )
Al Ringsmuth, Chairperson
Employment Dates: From To Last Salary:
1971-1979 26,500
Reason for leaving:
Left to become self-employed
Employer's Name:
City of St. Cloud
Mailing Address: Telephone T:
400 2nd Street South 255-7200
St. Cloud MN 56301
Position Held: Duties Performed:
Planning Director See resume.
immediate Supervisor: Full -tine ( X) Part-time ( )
Bob Freson, City Administrator
Employment Dates: From To Last Salary:
1969-1971 16,500
Reason for leaving:
Accept other employment offered to me.
UNSALARIED EXPERIENCE
volunteer Organization:
Meals on Wheels
Mailing Address: Telephone r
Position Held: Duties Performed:
Immediate Supervisor:
Years of participation: Hours per week•
Skills learned:
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Volunteer Organization:
Mailing Address:
Position Held:
Immediate Supervisor:
Years of participation:
Skills learned:
Duties Performed:
Telephone n:
Hours per week:
PERSONAL REFERENCES
Name: Address: Telephone T:
Bill Bohjanen 8060 Lake Drive 784-4762
Lino Lakes MN 55014
Relationship_Counci? me*nher How many years known?
Name: Address: Telephone :
Lee Mehrkiens 658 Cedar Street 296-1700
Mn Department of Finance
53155 known? = trp.
Relationship rn a -prize 'r'.ow many years a �.-----
Name: Address: Telephone r:
/ John Bergeson Bethel College 638-6208
-Relationship Chair of EDC How many years known? ri%-P
Name:
Harold Bisel
Relationship,
Address: Telephone =-
6381 20th Avenue 426-1337
Lino Lakes MN 65038
How many years known? Fiv
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CONVICTION INFOP.MATiON
We declare that the existence of a criminal conviction record will not
automatically disqualify you from employment with us, though certain
conviction may prohibit you from working in certain positions.
Have you every been ,convicted as an adult for a criminal violation?
YES ( ) NO (X )
if yes, date and place:
Nature of offense:
If yes, date and place:
Nature of offense:
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ALL ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS ARE TRUE AND I
AGREE AND UNDERSTAND ANY FALSE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS APPLICATION MAY
CAUSE REJECTION OF THIS APPLICATION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. I
AUTHORIZE THAT A TRANSCRIPT NAY BE REQUESTED WHERE NECESSARY TO VERIFY ANY
EDUCATIONAL RECORD.
Signature
Date x'27 `4
John Miller
Route 6 Box 253
Princeton MN 55371
March 27, 1992
Susan Walsh
City Clerk
City of Rosemount
Rosemount MN55068
Dear Ms. Walsh:
I recently learned of the city's need for an economic
development ',coordinator. I am very interested in the
position.
As my enclosed resume and application show I can give
the city and its port authority several years of successful
experience in.both economic and business development and in
traditional ,planning activities. My economic development
background varies from large scale activities suchas prepar-
ation of county Overall Economic Development Programs to
working with individuals in relocating their businesses. I
have also worked in downtown redevelopment, drafted one-year
and five-year economic development plans for Star City certi-
fication, and worked with local business people in preparing
city promotion plans. I've worked in the creation and
administration of tax increment finance districts including
districts established for housing, redevelopment, and soils
correction.'
My planning experience is also broad based as I've
completed land use, transportation, and transit plans as
well as plans for freeway frontages centering on both land
use and business development.
I''d welcome.the opportunity to discuss how my skills
and experience can make a valuable contribution to the city
of Rosemount. I appreciate your consideration and look
forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
_j
John Miller,
John Miller
Route 6 Box 253
Princeton MN 55371
Career Summalrv:
Public service professional with successful
use and transportation planning and in all
and economic, development activities.
Professional', Achievements: (Examples)
1987-1991
City of Lin
City Planne
Lino Lakes
ten councty
development
experience in land
facets of community
Lakes
/Economic Development Coordinator
s the seventh fastest growing city in the expanded
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Directed all economic
activities and short and long range planning efforts.
* Worked with local business persons and the city's
economic development committee in preparing and
implementing a city promotion plan. Market values
increased from $143,000,000 to $286,000,000 in
five years.
* Revised all standards for residential development.
Lino Lakes now has the second highest average home
values in all of Anoka County. Record number of
dwellings have been constructed each year since 1987.
* Provided staff support to economic development
authority in creation of four tax increment finance
districts. Used conservative "pay-as-you-go"
approach with no sales of bonds. Administered and
monitored tax increment financing agreements and
development agreements.
* Prepared "fiscal impact statements" for all proposed
residential subdivisions and commercial and industrial
projects.
* Worked with advisory economic development committee
and local land owners in preparing freeway inter-
change plan. The document outlines land uses,
utility extensions, road locations, phasing of
development and marketing of the properties.
Worked with council, planning commission, and land
owners in creation of a "rural business reserve
zoning district to protect land outside the MUSA
boundary from premature development.
City of Mapl Grove
City Planner Administrative Assistant
* Drafted one-year and five-year economic development
plans for Star City designation.
* Work(d directly with mayor, council, and department
head: in preparing $5,000,000 management -by -objective
operating budgets.
* Comp.' '
eted city's first capital improvement programs.
Unan mously approved by both citizens advisory board
and city council, the plan gave rankings and funding
sources to all infrastructure needs over a ten year
period.
Drafted freeway frontage pian. Coordinated nine
month study where land owners and city planning
commission and council reached unanimous agreement
of detailed development plan for 1300 acre site.
St. Cloud Area Council ofGovernments
Executive Director
*
Served as project director of $270,000 land use and
transportation study funded by Minnesota Department
of Transportation and U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
* Prepared housing assistance plan, transportation
improvement plans and transit improvement programs.
Department of Housing and Urban Development later
housing plan as "how -to -do -it -model."
Drafted Overall Economic Development Programs for
member counties. Plans necessary for federal funding
of Local development projects.
* Designated as Census Rey Person by the U.S. Department
of Commerce
* Prepared downtown improvement plan for the city
of Sauk Rapids.
* Submitted and administered both block and categorical
grant applications providing local funding from state
and'federai programs.
* Served as chairperson of the Transportation Technical
Committee. Ranked local transportation needs and
directed Federal Aid Urban and Urban Mass Transportation
Administration funds.
St. Cloud Stlte University
Instructor. Local and Urban Affairs Program
* Taught courses in local government, community and
economic development, and city planning.
*
Participant in seminars for persons working in
government conducted by the University of Minnesota
at Morris, Mankato State University, St. Cloud
State University, and the Minnesota State Planning
Agency.
Supervised interns working in host agencies. Helped
develop good working skills.
City of St. Cloud
Planning Director
* Prepared special studies for utilization of airport
landl, river front redevelopment, downtown improvement,
and 'land use in newly annexed areas.
*
Worked with chamber of commerce and housing and
redevelopment_ authority in locating and developing
Industrial Park West.
Education:
Attended Indiana University, St. Cloud State University, and
the University of Minnesota. arned Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor
of Science, and Master of Science degrees.
References:,
Names and phone numbers of persons able to give first hand
accounts of,my skills and abilities in public service are
shown on the attached application. At your request I can
submit additional names.