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Wausau utility staff ask commission to separate hiring/retention policy fixes from staffing-level cost decisions
Summary
Commissioners and staff asked HR to return in July with recommendations on recruitment, retention and salary/benefit policies; commissioners also asked for a separate cost analysis on proposed staffing level increases from the Baker Tilly study.
The Wausau Water Works Commission on June 3 discussed utility staffing shortages and a Baker Tilly study with two distinct questions: how to recruit and retain staff and whether the utility should increase authorized staffing levels and absorb their costs.
Commissioner Robinson asked that the issue be split into two parts: (1) recruitment and retention policies and incentives…
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