Council advances first reading to split street, sanitation and wastewater supervision; keeps wastewater qualifications

The Scottsburg City Council advanced Ordinance 2025-2 on first reading to amend 2025 salary and position language for the city, splitting supervision of the street, sanitation and wastewater functions that had previously been managed together.

City staff member Kim explained the change was an internal cleanup to separate the street supervisor and the sanitation supervisor at the mayor's request. Kim said the split was intended to place wastewater under a dedicated wastewater supervisor with required qualifications retained in the job description.

Council member Briggs moved the ordinance forward on first reading; a second was recorded and the council voted to approve advancing the ordinance. Council members asked whether wastewater qualifications would still be required under the new structure; Kim responded, "Yes. Absolutely. Basically that will be in their job description."

During discussion staff said the change would allow the street department to focus on street maintenance tasks including sidewalk maintenance, tree trimming, seal coating and street sweeping. The transcript records council interest in a street sweeper and related operations but does not show a purchase authorization or funding line in the recorded remarks.

The ordinance passed on first reading by voice vote. The transcript does not include a final salary table or specific pay rates read into the record; those details are part of the ordinance packet.