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Committee approves splitting facilities functions into three positions amid staff concern
Summary
Committee approved creating three physical-plant positions — maintenance manager, custodial & grounds manager, and facilities project manager — to replace a consolidated buildings-and-grounds role. Employees and union members urged care on job descriptions and grading to avoid loss of protections; the roll-call vote passed.
Champaign County’s committee voted Jan. 26 to amend the schedule of authorized positions to create three roles in the physical plant and administrative services departments: maintenance manager, custodial & grounds manager, and facilities project manager.
County staff said the current combined buildings-and-grounds role contains an “immense amount of responsibility” that mixes hands-on maintenance with capital-project oversight, and splitting the job would allow more focused work…
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