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Public Works director asks council to restore frozen positions; council to revisit before final budget adoption
Summary
Public Works Director Chris Riggs urged the council to restore three previously frozen positions (traffic crew leader, mechanic II, and parks caretaker), a package estimated at $261,943 including benefits; council expressed support in principle but deferred a final funding decision until staff provides head-count history and additional data.
Public Works Director Chris Riggs told the council his department is operating at roughly 19% below authorized staffing and asked the council to restore three positions that finance had removed during committee review: a traffic crew leader, a mechanic II and a parks caretaker (aggregate cost about $261,943 including benefits).
Riggs and several councilmembers described operational impacts: a largely single-person traffic crew, deferred…
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