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Committee members discuss engineering staffing, recruitment and praise intern
Summary
Committee members discussed recruitment challenges for engineering roles, noted competition from neighboring jurisdictions, and praised an intern, Taylor, for managing recent alley and resurfacing work.
Committee members spent part of the meeting discussing staffing gaps in the city's engineering and surveying teams and the difficulty of recruiting for those roles. One member said the engineering field is "very competitive right now" and reported a recent call from a headhunter about openings in the village of Sussex.
Members highlighted an intern, Taylor, for hands-on work running an alley project and assisting with curb and resurfacing tasks. "She's awesome... She shows up 1st day boots and just ready to go," a committee member said, noting Taylor will graduate in May and has taken on survey and project responsibilities beyond typical intern duties.
The group also referenced a potential applicant, Jake Barnes, described as a local DOT program manager who had applied to the city; members said interviews were pending and final hiring decisions would be made by the appropriate hiring official. No formal hiring actions or job offers were completed during this meeting.
