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Public Works reports staffing shortfalls, outlines brush pickup changes and other service trade-offs
Summary
Public Works Director Shane Brown reported fewer filled positions than a decade ago, an aging staff profile, results of a brush pickup pilot and proposals for landfill hours; management will bring a brush policy proposal back to council.
Public Works Director Shane Brown told council Public Works and Recreation have 31 positions budgeted for 2025, compared with 43 positions a decade earlier, and that the water and sewer crew will be down to five employees later this month. He said the department is relatively young — several employees have under a year on the job — and that management is actively recruiting for…
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