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Board weighs adding backup water operator and stipends tied to licensure
Summary
Staff presented water/sewer payroll and staffing breakdowns, discussed adding a fourth backup operator over time and possible stipends tied to certification to ensure redundancy; board debated pay equity between highway and parks personnel who cover essential duties.
Staff presented a detailed water and sewer staffing breakdown showing chief operator, assistant operator and backup operator hours and pay. The chair explained how hours are apportioned across districts and that some highway employees perform backup duties for water/sewer; total wages and overtime assumptions were presented as part of the special-district budgets.
Board members discussed creating incentives for cross-training and certification. The chief operator and others noted certification requires many on-the-job hours; stipends were proposed as small annual payments per license to encourage additional licensure for backup operators, but members raised equity concerns because some employees (CDL/highway) are already paid at higher hourly rates. The board asked staff to update the staffing chart to show the cost of adding a 0.25 FTE backup operator and options to reallocate overtime hours.
