Council offers Colton Johnson natural gas supervisor role and authorizes multiple job postings

Council members discussed the city’s utility staffing needs and moved to offer the natural gas supervisor position to Colton Johnson.

A council member summarized Johnson’s background, saying he worked in commercial construction supervision around 2019–2025 and had supervised "5 to 7 people," and noting he had electrical-apprentice experience. The same speaker moved that Colton Johnson be offered the supervisor role; council indicated approval and proceeded to action on related recruitment items.

Members also discussed prior internal hires and the city’s outreach for applicants, noting that advertisements had run in multiple locations previously and that one applicant on file was a return from a prior hiring cycle. The council directed staff to re-advertise for a natural gas technician and to re-run ads for a journeyman or apprentice lineman.

Separately, the council approved posting the public works director position as an internal recruitment with a closing date of 05/04/2026 at 8:30 a.m.; the council emphasized that the job description should be reviewed and voted on before final selection and that the city attorney will need to review the description prior to final action. The presiding official said the job description had been completed and would be made available to applicants.

The transcript records vocal approvals ('Aye') for these personnel items but does not show full roll-call vote tallies or names for every vote.

Next steps noted in the meeting: re-advertise for the technician and lineman roles, proceed with offering the supervisor role to Colton Johnson, and have the city attorney review the public works director job description before final selection.