Oshkosh staff outline reorganization that would move park maintenance into new Public Work Operations unit

Oshkosh City staff on Tuesday described a proposed reorganization that would move many park maintenance workers into a new Public Work Operations department while keeping parks services and events inside a new Cultural and Enrichment Services department.

Michelle Benke, the city’s human resources manager, said the change would group field crews — sanitation, streets, water distribution, and the buildings-and-grounds crews who currently do parks maintenance — under a single Public Work Operations division. “So, the intent is that the parks workers … will go into this public work operations organization,” Benke said during a presentation to the Parks Board. She added that administrative park staff and functions such as the zoo, amphitheater, events and fund development…