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Mooresville staff seeks to add water and wastewater positions ahead of FY start
Summary
Town finance and HR staff explained requests to add utility positions to the coming fiscal-year position control to accelerate recruitment and onboarding for the water and sewer utility.
Finance and human-resources staff explained to the board why two requested positions for the water and wastewater utility were being proposed before the start of the next fiscal year.
CFO Chris Quinn told commissioners the positions were identified during pre‑budget meetings with departments and are part of the utility’s future staffing growth. He said recruiting and onboarding take time, and because the funding was already included in next year’s budget projections, adding the positions to position control now would allow the town to begin recruitment and avoid a long ramp-up.
A commissioner asked whether the mid-year timing and funding movement were appropriate; Quinn and another commissioner noted the town commonly has vacant positions throughout the year and that filling vacancies sooner improves hiring prospects. Quinn said the expansions align with a future rate-study program for the water and sewer utility and that changes would be effective with the next fiscal year starting July 1.
The agenda listed the personnel items in the consent portion (items 6D and 6E). The transcript records the explanation and some back-and-forth but does not include a recorded vote in this excerpt.
