The City of Palm Bay Recreation Department utilizes seasonal staff for various positions throughout the City for various camps, classes, trainings, as well as at the Palm Bay Aquatic Center. Seasonal staffing reduces recruitment, on-boarding, salaries, and benefits costs to the City for less than part-time positions. 

Staff is requesting approval to utilize City of Melbourne term contract #B21014S-0-2021/SN, Temporary Staffing Services, with AUE Staffing, Inc. This contract was awarded July 30, 2021 and ends on July 31, 2024, with the option to renew two (2) additional one (1) year terms. Staff has reviewed this contract and has determined that it meets the needs of the Recreation Department for the temporary employment of seasonal workers. 

In accordance with the City’s Code of Ordinance, Section 38.13(F)(4) Cooperative Purchases and Piggyback Purchases: The City may utilize (piggyback) a contract entered into by another governmental or public entity and a provider of supplies or services required by the City, if the Chief Procurement Officer determines that it is practicable and advantageous for the City to employ this method of purchase, and such contracts specify that they are cooperative procurements at the time of solicitation or the governmental entity Procurement official otherwise agrees to the use of such contract in writing. Any such contracts equal to or in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall go to the City Council for approval.