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Mayor's late-announced personnel shuffle prompts council referral and criticism
Summary
Mayor Grove announced a reorganization naming Blaine Lewis as Safety Service Director (designate) and moving Mike Dreger to oversee utilities; council members questioned timeliness, posting and pay, and referred the plan to Finance and Safety & Judiciary committees for review.
Mayor Grove told the Alliance City Council on Dec. 15 that he has reorganized utility and safety-service responsibilities, naming Blaine Lewis as the new Safety Service Director (designate) and moving Mike Dreger to lead the city's four water departments, saying the two appointees bring "79 years of experience" to the operation. The plan, the mayor said, is intended to consolidate oversight of Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment and Water Billing and to free the Safety Service Director to focus on the remaining city departments.
Council members raised repeated procedural and substantive concerns about how the personnel changes were announced. Councilwoman Sheila Cherry and Councilwoman Jennifer Kiko…
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