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Council approves new OTS agreement and payment to contractor as staff discusses recruitment challenges
Summary
Council approved a new professional services agreement with Operational Technical Services (OTS) to provide chief plant operator services for the wastewater treatment plant and authorized payment of about $66,200 in underbilled amounts; public commenters criticized years of contractor spending and urged more aggressive permanent hiring and regional staffing solutions.
The council approved staff—s recommendation to enter a new professional services agreement with Operational Technical Services (OTS) for chief plant operator services at the wastewater treatment plant and to pay an identified underbilling of about $66,200.
Assistant City Manager Joe Leach explained the prior agreement was outdated, described long-running recruitment challenges for the…
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