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Commission directs maintenance staff to shift hours for Public Works cleaning

Cole County Commission · October 21, 2025

Summary

After discussion about janitorial services, the commission approved an amended motion to have building maintenance reassign four hours of current duties to clean the Public Works facility rather than hiring outside janitorial services.

Public Works Director Eric Landwehr raised the need for janitorial services at the Public Works facility. Commissioner Jeff Hoelscher initially moved to have building maintenance clean Public Works two days a week; he amended the motion to require current maintenance employees shift four hours from their schedule to perform cleaning duties instead. Commissioner Harry Otto withdrew his second to the original motion and then seconded the amended motion; the amended motion passed with all commissioners voting yes.

The minutes record both the initial motion and the amendment: "MOTION: Commissioner Hoelscher made a motion to have our building maintenance clean Public Works 2 days a week." and later, "MOTION: Commissioner Hoelscher amended his original motion and change it to having the current maintenance employees shift 4 hours from a current schedule of jobs to spend 4 hours cleaning Public Works." The action directs county maintenance staff to reallocate labor hours rather than outsource cleaning; no budgetary transfer amount is listed in the minutes.

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