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Water and sewer director seeks helper classification and budget shift after pump failures

3864139 · March 11, 2025
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Superintendent Jeff Krueger asked the council to change a maintainer title to a helper/apprentice classification to widen recruitment and to amend the capital budget to pay for replacement pumps after two Stokes Avenue pump motor failures.

City water and sewer superintendent Jeff Krueger told the council the department is amending job classifications and shifting funds after staffing shortages and two major pump failures.

Krueger presented RL25-56, a proposed change to add a water/sewer system maintenance helper title to the staffing table so the department can hire and train employees who do not yet meet the three-year maintainer training requirement. He told council that three years of training are required for the current maintainer title and that vacancies left the…

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