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Commission recommends hiring two cement/concrete workers to address sidewalks and ADA repairs
Summary
Public Works recommended creating two cement/concrete worker positions to reduce trip-and-fall claims and perform ADA ramp and sidewalk repairs; the commission voted to recommend the job specification to City Council and discussed pay, inspections and cost tradeoffs with contractors.
The Civil Service Commission voted Jan. 27 to recommend a cement and concrete worker job specification to City Council after Public Works presented the proposal as a mitigation strategy for frequent trip-and-fall claims.
Caesar Roldan, the city’s public works director, said Montebello receives "quite frequently a lot of trip and fall cases" and lacks staff trained to remove and replace sidewalks, curbs and gutters. He told commissioners the department plans to hire two cement/concrete workers…
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