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Hobart board directs staff to draft optional 4-day, 10-hour Public Works schedule
Summary
After discussion of staff interest and some reservations, the board directed staff to draft a formal policy creating an optional 4-day, 10-hour work week for the Public Works Department; the policy will be reviewed after one year.
Trustees discussed interest among Public Works crew members in shifting to a 4-day, 10-hour schedule, and noted a few staff expressed reservations about the change. The board directed staff to draft a formal policy creating an optional 4-day, 10-hour work week for the Public Works Department and specified the policy should be reviewed in one year.
The motion was made by Trustee David Dillenburg and seconded by Trustee Vanya Koepke; the direction passed by voice vote, 5-0. The minutes do not record detailed terms of the proposed policy or any implementation timeline beyond the one-year review requirement.
