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St. Albans council weighs shifting Public Works to four 10-hour days to cut overtime; committee to return with cost analysis
Summary
Council members discussed a proposal to change public-works shifts to 10-hour days and to move large-item pickup; no ordinance or schedule change was adopted—council asked the public-works committee to return with cost estimates and a recommended schedule that preserves Friday large-item pickup.
The St. Albans City Council discussed a proposal from the Public Works Department to reduce overtime costs by moving crews to four 10-hour workdays and to revise the large-item (extra) pickup schedule.
Council members debated trade-offs between potential overtime savings and resident convenience. Several members said they would accept 10-hour shifts if the change demonstrably reduced overtime costs but urged that the city…
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