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Utility-maintenance supervisor details system improvements; council authorizes outside EEOC counsel and opioid settlement participation

McAlester City Council · September 24, 2025
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Summary

Utility Maintenance Supervisor Johnny Reich outlined operations improvements and ongoing needs (reduced backlog, parts-stocking, staffing and equipment gaps). Council later authorized hiring outside counsel for an EEOC investigation and authorized participation in the attorney general—s opioid settlement fund following executive session.

McAlester — Utility Maintenance Supervisor Johnny Reich updated the council on two years of operational changes designed to reduce maintenance backlog and emergency overtime, and the council returned from executive session to authorize two follow-up actions.

Reich said when he took the UTM supervisor role in May 2023 the department had about 256 open work orders; through scheduling changes, parts…

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