City managers discuss staff restructure for Mozingo
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City Manager Greg McDanel and Assistant City Manager Ryan Heiland were both present at Monday night’s Mozingo Advisory Board meeting to discuss staffing at the lake.
The two presented the board with a flow chart of what they would like to see as far as the lake employee hierarchy, which included two new full-time positions and two part-time positions.
“This idea stems from two things,” Heiland told the advisory board. “The first is because of the difficulty we have had filling the Mozingo Operations Manager position. The second is because of all the additional work coming in because of the influx of patrons to our park.”
The city managers wanted to change the Mozingo Operations Manager title to Mozingo Director who will report directly to Heiland.
Below the Mozingo Director in the flow chart are the Maintenance Superintendent, Ron Darnell; Head Golf Pro, Kyle Easter; a new position of Events Coordinator; and two Recreation Coordinators, formerly just a one-person job.
“The Events Coordinator will be responsible for booking events at the new conference center, and their salary will come from the conference center budget,” Heiland said. “The second recreation coordinator will help with programming at the park, something we feel has been lacking because our current recreation coordinator is too busy with the reservations throughout the park.”
Below those four positions are the two existing foreman spots along with a new part-time Assistant Golf Pro and part-time Assistant Events Coordinator.
“The two newly added part-time positions will be necessary during the peak season where the heads of those departments will be busy interacting with clients,” Heiland said. “The assistants’ jobs will be to make sure everything in that department is continuing to run as it should and help out where needed.”
McDanel said that while he is unsure of exact figures, the impact of the four new positions will range from $80,000 to $100,000 in the Mozingo budget.
“Most of the positions won’t be filled until the start of the new fiscal year in October,” McDanel said. “We will look to fill the part-time position of the Assistant Golf Pro for the current peak season, but the cost savings we have from not filling the Mozingo Operations Manager position will more than pay for it.”
McDanel also noted that the Mozingo Director position most likely won’t be filled until the winter, which is the time people in the parks and recreation department typically make career changes.
Without a quorum, the advisory board was unable to make a recommendation, but the members present did give their approval for the change. McDanel said he and Heiland would be taking the issue before the Maryville City Council at their June 27 meeting for approval.
The only other item discussed at the Mozingo Advisory Board meeting was the upcoming July Fourth celebration. The event will take place at The Point and resemble last year’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, which had events all day with music and fireworks in the evening. McDanel said a release will be made public at a later time.
