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Council approves reclassification and pay ladder for water and wastewater operators after union concerns
Summary
The council approved a budget amendment to reclassify 87 Public Utilities positions into a five‑step Utility Operator career ladder, with staff saying the change aims to recruit, train and retain water and wastewater operators.
The City Council approved a budget amendment on Oct. 8 to reclassify 87 positions in the Public Utilities Department into a consolidated Utility Operator job series with five salary “rungs” ranging from entry to lead.
Interim Public Utilities Director Jesse Roach said the proposal creates a single water utility operator job with five levels (entry, basic, intermediate, advanced, lead). He described the change as a career ladder that would align pay targets across water and wastewater functions, provide hiring flexibility and encourage in‑house training and certification. Roach said target pay increases would apply at each rung — roughly a 20% step between levels — and that the BAR would…
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