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Committee approves staffing changes for Environmental Protection and Waterworks divisions
Summary
The Manchester Board Mayor & Aldermen Committee on Human Resources and Insurance approved changes to two departmental personnel complements, eliminating several vacant positions and adding new public-service and water-treatment operator positions. Both motions passed by voice vote.
The Committee on Human Resources and Insurance of the Manchester Board Mayor & Aldermen approved changes to personnel complements for the Environmental Protection Division and the Waterworks Department during its meeting.
The committee approved a communication from Robert Robinson, environmental protection division superintendent, to eliminate one vacant full-time laborer position (grade 10) and one vacant custodian position (grade 8) and to add two public service worker I positions (grade 12). Robinson said the division had previously converted three labor positions and was able to fill them and that recruitment and retention for lower-grade labor and custodian roles has been difficult. "We're trying to eliminate 1 of our labor positions and also 1 of our custodian positions and replace with 2 public service worker, ones," Robinson said.
Aldermen discussed a related 50/50 sewer backflow program. Robinson said staff are preparing an application and fact sheet and will post a link on the department website when available. When asked who would own the backflow prevention device, Robinson replied it would be the homeowner. The motion to approve the Environmental Protection Division complement changes was moved and seconded; the committee approved it by voice vote with the chair stating "the ayes have it." (Motion text and mover/second as recorded in the meeting minutes are listed below.)
Later the committee approved a staffing change for the Waterworks Department. Phil Crowsdale, waterworks director, requested elimination of one vacant full-time WTP operator II position (grade 17) and addition of one full-time WTP operator I position (grade 15). The committee accepted the communication; a motion to accept was made by Alderman Vinson and seconded by Alderman Cantor, and passed by voice vote.
Both items were presented to the committee as changes to departmental complements (personnel allocations). The meeting record does not show a roll-call tally; votes were taken by voice and recorded as passed. No effective dates for the position changes were specified in the record.
Votes at a glance
- Environmental Protection Division complement change: eliminate 1 vacant full-time laborer (grade 10); eliminate 1 vacant custodian (grade 8); add 2 public service worker I positions (grade 12). Motion recorded as moved by "Alderman Bruker," seconded by "Alderman Sapienza." Outcome: approved by voice vote ("the ayes have it").
- Waterworks Department complement change: eliminate 1 vacant full-time WTP operator II (grade 17); add 1 full-time WTP operator I (grade 15). Motion recorded as moved by Alderman Vinson, seconded by Alderman Cantor. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
What happened next
The committee did not record specific implementation dates or a follow-up schedule in the meeting record. Staff described next steps for the backflow program as preparing an application and fact sheet for publication; no timeline beyond "before spring" was specified.
