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Personnel committee approves three Parks landscape‑architect reallocations to aid recruitment and retention
Summary
The Milwaukee County Personnel Committee voted 4–0 to recommend adoption of three Parks Department reallocation items for landscape architect positions, citing recruitment and retention challenges; votes were motions by Supervisor Wasserman.
The Milwaukee County Personnel Committee approved three separate reallocation items from the Parks Department intended to make landscape‑architecture positions more competitive in the regional labor market.
Sarah Thompson, director of planning for Milwaukee County Parks, told the committee the department has struggled to recruit and fill landscape architect roles and faces competition from other public park systems and the private sector. “We have had issues with recruiting and…
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