This employment contract represents a two year term with Guy A. Mecabe to fill the position of Contract Industrial Automation Manager with the Wastewater Division at an hourly rate of $49.18 per hour.

Mr. Mecabe brings to this contracted position a variety of unique qualifications including a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from UCF and over 24 years of management and technical experience in the successful application of Industrial Automation, including 14 years of experience working in the City's Industrial Automation Group (IAG) as the Wastewater Systems Manager. Mr. Mecabe's team has been responsible for programming the highly sophisticated controllers that perform automatic operations at the City's Waster Reclamation Facilities and lift stations.

Mr. Mecabe is responsible for the management of staff in the IAG, conducting specialized research of changing technologies, overseeing efficiency and effectiveness of facility SCADA and networks systems. Additional responsibilities include planning, specification, procurements, implementations, project management, support and services related to industial automation systems and network for the Wastewater Division. This position performs high responsible administrative and professional work planning, directing and coordinating the activities of the IAG, including administration and operation of the Wastewater Division's Local and Wide Area Networks, Internet infrastructures and services, data and application servers, personal computers and peripherals, data communications and related support services.