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Staffing Challenges <br />¤Wastewater supplemental budget requests have largely gone unfunded <br />due to limited financial resources <br />¤Recruitment and retention (nationwide shortage of engineers and certified <br />wastewater operators) <br />¤/ƚǒƓƷǤ͸ƭ ƩĻĭƩǒźƷƒĻƓƷ ƦƩƚĭĻƭƭ ğƓķ ƦƩƚĭĻķǒƩĻƭ ΛƌĻƓŭƷŷǤΜ <br />¤Salaries not competitive with Private Sector <br />¤Current Levels are not sufficient to meet: <br />o Project Management Oversight (Konno Decision hinders staff augmentation) <br />o Aging facilities repair and maintenance needs <br />o Operations not up to par with OperatźƚƓƭ ε ağźƓƷĻƓğƓĭĻ ağƓǒğƌ͸ƭ ƩĻĭƚƒƒĻƓķĻķ <br />staffing levels <br />o Safety <br />o Supporting $1.0 billion CIP program <br />o Pretreatment Program AOC and future regulatory enforcement actions <br />5 <br />Staffing Possible Solutions <br />¤Adjust Sewer Fees need to support the increases in salaries for these <br />additional staff. Rates will be increased over 5 years to fund full <br />staffing. <br />Proposed organizational structure adds 80 positions <br />¤Hiring Human Resource support staff for recruitment <br />¤wĻĭƚŭƓźǩĻ ƷŷğƷ ͻƭƷğƷǒƭ ƨǒƚͼ ĬǒķŭĻƷ ƩĻƨǒĻƭƷƭ ŅƚƩ ‘ğƭƷĻǞğƷĻƩ ƒğǤ ƓƚƷ <br />ğķĻƨǒğƷĻƌǤ ƭĻƩǝĻ ƷŷĻ ƦǒĬƌźĭ͸ƭ źƓƷĻƩĻƭƷ͵ <br />6 <br /> <br />