July/August/September 2006

© Dept. of Public Works, City of Milwaukee

As a part of National Public WorksWeek, May 22nd to 26th, MayorTom Barrett, Common Council

President Willie Hines, Alderman WillieWade, Department of Public WorksCommissioner Jeff Mantes, Department ofCity Development Deputy CommissionerMartha Brown and others who contributedto the success of the new 230,000 squarefoot facility participated in a programand ribbon cutting ceremony on May25th. The facility, located on a 24-acre siteon a portion of the previous TowerAutomotive site, at 3850 North 35thStreet, was completed on time and withinbudget. The groundbreaking for thefacility had occurred one year earlierduring National Public Works Week.

Commissioner Mantes reminded the audience that theDepartment of Public Works (DPW) touches many aspects ofday-to-day life on a 24-hour, 7 days a week basis. Many ofthose services are performed by the staff that is housed in the

new DPW Field Headquarters. He praised Mayor Barrett forhis leadership and support on the project.

Mayor Barrett complimented the Department for stayingwithin the $24 million budget for the building as well as,“making sure the design incorporated the latest in environ-mental friendly technology and design”.

Before the development of the facility could happen, theDepartment of City Development helped to pave the way forthe facility by negotiating the sale of the land and providingassistance with the clean up of environmental contamination.

A grant from We Energies allowed the Department towork with the Energy Center of Wisconsin and RenschlerCompany to evaluate energy savings measures for the facility.Four strategies were selected. These improvements translateto annual current value energy savings of $48,000 for theCity of Milwaukee. Although the grant had been received, aceremonial check was presented to Mayor Barrett andCommissioner Mantes by Thelma Sias, Vice President of LocalAffairs for We Energies.

The building also has a retention pond that captures allthe water run-off from the roof area of the building, over five

Mayor Barrett, Commissioner Mantes, City Officials and Other Elected Officials Participate in Program/Ribbon CuttingCeremony for New DPW Field Headquarters

Cutting the ribbon from left to right are City Engineer Jeff Polenkse, Water Works Administration and ProjectsManager Laura Daniels, Director of Operations Division Jim Purko, Mayor Tom Barrett, DPW CommissionerJeff Mantes, President of the Common Council Willie Hines, State Representative Barbra Toles and AldermanWillie Wade.

The new DPW Headquarters, 3850 North 35th Street, is located on 24 acres, contains230,000 square feet, houses 480 employees and is located on a major bus route.

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StreetShareProgram PromotesPedestrian Safety

Mayor Tom Barrett announceda new initiative to promotepedestrian safety on July 13,

2006. The new program, StreetShare,is designed to improve the safety andcomfort of pedestrians by educatingmotorists about the laws that requirethem to follow the law. StreetSharealso includes efforts to decreasespeeding on neighborhood streets.

The program is more powerfulthan typical education and encourage-ment programs because the MilwaukeeDepartment of Public Works and theMilwaukee Police Department arepartnering with other municipalitiesand private companies including WeEnergies to educate their fleet driversand lead by example.

Mayor Barrett stated, “While theDepartment of Public Works continuallymakes engineering improvements toimprove pedestrian safety, withoutthe E’s of enforcement, education andencouragement we cannot hope toovercome this complex problem.StreetShare is designed to address allthose other elements”.

StreetShare was developed inresponse to the many citizens andBusiness Improvement Districts’

The City of Milwaukee unveils 286-CITYThe One-Stop Shop for City Services and Information

Mayor Tom Barrett and Common Council President Willie Hines unveiled286-CITY to the public at a press conference held on June 26th. 286-CITYis a single access telephone number for all City services and information.

Although the City of Milwaukee receives millions of calls annually forservices and information, finding the right telephone number for City servicescan be difficult and sometimes overwhelming for residents. The City publishesover 800 telephone numbers in the white pages of the telephone book.

Mayor Barrett stated,“the goal was to develop asystem whereby residentscan reach their finaldestination with “threeclicks or less”. We believethat 286-CITY willimprove the wayMilwaukee residentsaccess City government”.

One of MayorBarrett’s initiatives out-lined in his 2005 State ofthe City address was tostreamline public access toCity government.Utilizing the City’s state-of-the-art telephone system and current resources, theCity designed 286-CITY at no cost to the taxpayer. The system is in both Englishand Spanish and is designed to be both static and dynamic in processingrequests for services and information. Over 80% of all calls to City governmentcan be routed through 286-CITY and the remaining calls can be answered bycustomer service representatives who are available during normal businesshours. Police and fire non-emergencies can be routed through the system aswell, but residents must still dial 911 for all emergencies.

Common Council President Willie Hines reiterated that, “one of the goals ofthe system is to divert non-emergency calls from 911”. He further stated, “80%of City residents polled in a survey contacts the City at least one to six times ayear for services or information. And nearly 85% find it difficult to locate thecorrect telephone number for the City department they are trying to contact”.

Administrative ServicesDirector Dorinda Floyd and herstaff worked on the 286-CITYproject for months. Theprocess included developingthe system, meeting withdepartments designing thetext, making presentations tothe Steering & RulesCommittee, developing andsupervising the survey todetermine the needs andconcerns of City residentswhen contacting the City forservices, finding the right

“voices” and recording the information line in both English and Spanish, anddeveloping the mailer with the magnet.

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Mayor Barrett at podium, from left to right, BethNicols, Executive Director, Milwaukee Downtown,Alderman Robert Bauman, Ken Warren, MilwaukeeCounty Transit and Jewel Currie, We Energies.Representatives of various neighborhood groups and theirsummer youth workers attended the press conference. Theyouth workers assisted in the distribution of StreetSharebrochures in their neighborhoods.

(Left to right) Sabrina Gillon, Office Assistant III, City Attorney’sOffice; Dorinda Floyd, Administrative Services Director; andChristina Green, the Spanish voice for 286-CITY.

Call Center Customer Service Representatives (left to right)Brenda Scott, Naomi Miller, Latrisha Smith, Martha Austin(rear), Mary Skenandore and Jason Manske.

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acres. The Department of Natural Resources assisted withthat initiative.

During the demolition of buildings in preparation for thenew facility, 100,000 tons of concrete was recycled into granularfill with on-site crushing machines and 8,000 tons of metalwas salvaged.

Mayor Barrett was also very proud of the fact that theproject reached its goals for the Residential PreferenceProgram, which required 25% of work hours be performed byresidents. The project also required 18% of the construction beperformed by Emerging Business Enterprises. The projectexceeded its combined employment requirements.

During his comments Commissioner Mantes gave aspecial thanks to Tom Gartner, City Attorney’s Office, and JimScherer, Department of City Development, for their expertise innegotiating the development agreement and dealing with allthe legal issues of the unique private/public partnership. BenGoetter and Dan Sisel of the M. A. Mortenson Company werethanked. They were the City’s representatives and functionedas the day to day liaisons with the developer and generalcontractor. Mantes also acknowledged Sam Dickman of theDickman Company, the project developer, and Brian Byrne ofBriohm Construction, the general contractor.

A new public building isn’t complete without a piece ofpublic art. For the new DPW Field Headquarters, an ArtSelection Committee was formed comprised of Lula Chambers,Norman Barrientos, Jeff Jones, Laura Ashleigh, and Jim Purko,Director of Operations Division. The committee selected awonderful piece of art by local sculptor Richard Taylor. Thesculpture will be installed this fall.

Several DPW staff members were instrumental in thesuccessful completion of the new DPW Headquarters.Commissioner Mantes recognized Michael Krause, ProjectManager, Facilities Section, for working on all aspects of thebuilding design and construction. Other Facilities staff members

who contributed to the success were Bryan Pawlak, commu-nications data installation; Jim Morden, coordination of therelocation; Len Moye, mechanical and custodial support, andTom Tarkowski for mechanical systems review.

Staff members were part of an employee team that assistedwith the operational functionality and lay-out of the buildingspace. They included: Laura Daniels and Dave Goldapp,Milwaukee Water Works; Dale Mejaki, Tom Rach, Jeff Dellemannand Bob Brooks, from Infrastructure Services Division.

The overall coordination of the project was handled by JimPurko, Operations Division Director. Purko had weeklymeetings with the contractors and the staff to ensure the projectwas on track. Alderman Wade also attended several meetingsregarding the facility as it is located in his district.

The new DPW Field Headquarters includes the StreetMaintenance, Sewer Maintenance, Milwaukee Water Worksdistribution facilities, their 24-hour Control Center, sections ofthe Operations Division, such as Building Maintenance,Carpentry, and a satellite Equipment Repair Shop. Theconsolidation will allow the 480 employees of the combinedDivisions to cooperate and consolidate similar functions.

The move from the Traser Yard by Street Maintenanceallowed for the development of the Harley-Davidson MotorCompany Museum. Former Milwaukee Water Worksdistribution sites no longer fitted the needs of personnel,so the opportunity to build the new facility was a winningone for DPW staff. By combining these facilities, the City willsave money by eliminating duplication of services in severallocations. This will also avoid future capital and operatingexpenses at the old facilities. The overall project is projected tosave the City taxpayers over $13 million over the next 25 years.

[The new DPW Field Headquarters] incorporatedthe latest in environmental friendly technologyand design.

MAYOR BARRETT

Artist Richard Taylor with scale model of sculpture and Ms. Lula Chambers,member of the Art Selection Committee.

New DPW Field HeadquartersContinued from front page

Mayor Barrett at podium, from left to right, Deputy Commissioner of the Dept. ofCity Development Martha Brown; Vice President of Local Affairs, We Energies,Thelma Sias; President of the Common Council Willie Hines; Alderman WillieWade; Sam Dickman, the Dickman Company; State Senator Spencer Coggs; andDPW Commissioner Jeff Mantes.

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Wisconsin’s drinking water industry presentedMilwaukee’s water utility director with highestnational honors at its convention on September 21st.

Milwaukee Water Works Superintendent Carrie M. Lewiswas honored with the George Warren Fuller Award at the85th annual meeting of the Wisconsin Water Association(WWA) in Lake Delton.

Lewis is the first woman in Wisconsin to receive thehonor. The award has been presented in Wisconsin since1939 in honor of Fuller, a consulting engineer.

Lewis was appointed superintendent of theMilwaukee Water Works in 1997 after serving two years aswater quality manager. Like Fuller, Lewis also was born inNew Hampshire. She holds an M. S. in Civil Engineeringfrom the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and a B.S.in biology from McGill University in Montreal. “Scientiststhink of water as an environment that supports life, and

engineers think of water as a way to channel their toolsand use it as a force,” Lewis said.

She began her career on a marine biology researchboat off the coasts of New Brunswick and Maine and laterserved as senior microbiologist and water quality managerfor the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Lewis directs and manages the Milwaukee WaterWorks, which provides high quality drinking water to833,000 people in 14 communities. The superintendent isthe primary liaison with elected officials and the public.

In addition to co-authoring two books on particlecounting in drinking water treatment, Lewis has been pub-lished over 30 times with research papers and conference pre-sentations for among others, the American Water WorksAssociation, the AWWA Research Foundation, Centers forDisease Control, and public health associations.

The WWA is a section of the American Water WorksAssociation (AWWA), the largest organization of waterprofessionals in the world. AWWA advances publichealth, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the fullspectrum of the water community.

The Fuller Award is presented to a state member whohas provided outstanding leadership and has made a sig-nificant and extraordinary contribution toward theadvancement of the water works practice. The award ispresented in commemoration of the sound engineeringskill, the brilliant diplomatic talent, and the constructiveleadership of the late George Warren Fuller.

Milwaukee Water Works Superintendent Carrie Lewis (second from left),received the highest national honor in the drinking water industry at theWisconsin Water Association annual meeting in September. Joining her at theGeorge Warren Fuller Award ceremony were (l-r) retired Milwaukee PublicWorks Commissioner Skip Schifalacqua, Water Marketing Specialist RosalindRouse, and Water Works Administration & Projects Manager Laura Daniels.

National Honors for Milwaukee’s Water Leader

Former DPW Commissioner Mariano “Skip” Schifalacquaconducted a tour of the Sixth Street Viaduct for attendeesof the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) meeting

on August 7. The Marsupial Bridge under Holton StreetViaduct was also visited by the attendees. The “ConnectingNeighborhood — Milwaukee’s Bridge System Tour” waspart of this Washington D.C.-based organization’s annualmeeting hosted this year at the Midwest Airlines Center indowntown Milwaukee.

The tour showcased the talents of bridge engineersconnecting neighborhoods, businesses and recreational areasacross river and railroad transportation corridors.

Former Department of Public Works Commissioner Mariano “Skip” Schifalacquaconducts a tour of the Sixth Street Bridge and bridge house for visiting Institute ofTransportation Engineers.

Information and photo provided by Joe Soria, Project Engineer, Infrastructure Services/Structures

Former DPW CommissionerMariano “Skip” SchifalacquaConducts Tours For ITE

Scientists think of water as an environment thatsupports life, and engineers think of water as a way

to channel their tools and use it as a force.CARRIE LEWIS

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Milwaukee Downtown Employee Appreciation Week:

DPW Commissioner Mantes Gets Tanked

David Mantes, son of the Commissioner, was the firstone to throw a pitch to dunk his dad.

2 3After the failure of his son David, the next one in linewas Germaine Speth.

5Matthew McGlothian, Information Technology, wasthe first successful staff member to dunk theCommissioner with a fast first pitch.

6Look closely to see the hands of the Commissionerafter being dunked.

7The Commissioner’s former softball teammate FredKiekhaefer was the second one to put Mantes in thetank. Kiekhafer is an Engineering Drafting Tech IVin the Environmental Section of ISD.

Kevin Antczak seems to take delight in his attempt todunk the Commissioner.

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Milwaukee Downtown, Business Improvement District #21, is responsiblefor many great things that occur in downtown, Public ServiceAmbassadors that help visitors find their way and promote activities

in downtown, and Clean Sweep Ambassadors that keep the sidewalks cleanand remove graffiti and this year for the awesome, morale –boostingDowntown Employee Appreciation Week. This occurred from July 31 toAugust 4.

Several activities took place in Milwaukee downtown, starting with ahuge kick off event on Monday, July 31 with Mayor Barrett declaring it“Downtown Appreciation Week”, at Chase Bank Plaza. A variety of eventstook place at the plaza, Milwaukee Bucks free-throw contest, free lunch to thefirst 1,000 employees provided by Cousins, and a band formed by downtownemployees. Throughout the week there was volleyball competition, the world’slargest coffee break in the Historic Third Ward, a battle of the bands, down-town employee extreme makeover and other office challenge games. Many ofthe games were held in various parts of downtown including MilwaukeeCounty Parks. Attendance at the events was very high considering the 90 plusdegree weather.

1DPW Commissioner Jeff Mantes proved what a good sport heis by volunteering to be dunked by DPW staff duringDowntown Employee Appreciation Week coordinated byMilwaukee Downtown.Continued on page six

Approximately 195,000households received a mailing inthe following weeks about theprogram including a magnet thatcould be placed on any appliance.The magnet is a cheat sheet ofsorts that will help residentsnavigate the system and to use itas efficiently and effectively as possible.

Sabrina Gillon, Office Assistant III, from the City Attorney’s Office,provides the English voice for the 286-CITY information line. She has beenin the City Attorney’s Office for four years and is the very pleasant voicethat answers the City Attorney’s main number. Before coming to the City ofMilwaukee Ms. Gillon was involved in the Campaign for a SustainableMilwaukee, where she was a public speaker on behalf of the program. Shewas pleased to be asked to be a part of the project. Dorinda Floyd,Administrative Services Director, provided the overall direction on the286-CITY project from start to finish. A lot of staff time was devoted to theproject and to make sure it launched on time. Christina Green, the Spanishvoice for 286-CITY, has been employed as a communication analyst forMilwaukee Public Schools since the beginning of this year. She is in charge

of the foreign language publications forthe school system and area hospitals.Christina, who is from Venezuela, is fluentin English, Spanish, Italian and French.She was the first certified court interpreterin the State of Wisconsin and has translatedand interpreted for the WisconsinAttorney General, the U.S. Department ofJustice, the Federal Bureau of Investigationand the Drug Enforcement Agency.

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286-CITYContinued from page two

Employee AppreciationContinued from page five

One of the office challenge games was “Dunk the Boss”. DPWCommissioner Jeff Mantes took up the challenge and volunteered to be inthe dunk tank on Wednesday, August 2nd in Red Arrow Park. Quite acrowd of DPW workers gathered to see who would be the first to put theCommissioner in the water. Surprisingly, the first candidate was theCommissioner’s son David. He took aim but missed. Following DavidMantes was Permits and Communications Specialist Germaine Speth, whoalso did not succeed in putting the Commissioner in the tank. FinallyMatthew McGlothian, from Information Technology, put theCommissioner in the tank with his first fast pitch. Several pitches werethrown in the half hour the Commissioner was in the tank. Mantestaunted a few of the contestants by suggesting they use soccer balls orasking when they plan to retire. The Commissioner was put in the tankabout six times by employees, a couple of times the lever was punched byhand by those secure enough in their positions.

Feedback from employees and businesses on the first DowntownEmployee Appreciation Week has been extremely positive with many look-ing forward to participating next year. Some of the sponsors of the eventincluded Milwaukee County parks, Chase Bank, the Historic Third Ward,Visit Milwaukee, the East Town Association, the Westown Association andthe City of Milwaukee.

First HonoraryStreet Name is forDr. R. E. McCrory

The Common Council recentlyapproved assigning honorary streetnames to existing City streets. The

official streetname will notchange. A sec-ond sign (blue)designated ashonorary will bemounted next tothe official streetname sign. The first honorary street namewas for Dr. R.E. McCrory on West HighlandBoulevard between North 27th Street andNorth 29th Street. Dr. McCrory is a longtime pastor of St. Luke Emanuel BaptistChurch, 2722 West Highland Boulevard,and has a lifetime of serving the commu-nity. A dedication ceremony was held onSaturday, August 20th during the St. LukeEmanuel MBC Founder Day Dedication.

The specific guidelines to establish anhonorary street name are found in Chapter113-3, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.City maps and data bases will be updatedto include honorary street names. Thesesigns are fabricated and installed at thesole cost of the applicant. No addresseswill be assigned on an honorary street.

requests that the City encourage pedestriansafety and crack down on speeding. It wascoordinated by DPW, with tremendous inputfrom the Milwaukee Police Department, theMadison Police Department, WisconsinWalks, WisDOT BOTS, the MilwaukeeBicycle and Pedestrian Task Force andconcerned citizens. Dave Schlabowske,DPW Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator,was the City’s representative in the projectand was responsible for developing thesupport materials and the distribution ofStreetShare bumper stickers to partici-pating companies, including the DPW’sfleet of vehicles.

StreetShareContinued from page two

Thanks to Marcia Lindholm, Project Engineer, Central Drafting & Records

Call Center Customer ServiceRepresentative Lynn Marie Apriesnig

Gary Halvorsen, DPW Call Center Supervisor

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Mayor Barrett Announced Success of Green FestivalsRecycling Program at Irish Fest’s Greenwish Village

Mayor Tom Barrett shared the results of the “GreenFestivals” recycling initiative at this year’s IrishFest’s Greenwish Village. Greenwish Village,

operated by Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful (KGMB)provides fun, hands-on educational activities that teachabout environmental topics.

The event was attended by Ed Ward, Founder and PastPresident of Irish Fest, who reminded the Mayor that he hadbeen a volunteer at Irish Fest as long as he has been a politicianand thanked him for making the announcement at GreenwishVillage. Jane Anderson, President of Irish Fest, and JohnBoler, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, World Festival Inc.,

also spoke of the importance of recycling during the festivals.“Summerfest was delighted to participate and will continuethe program next year,” stated Boler.

The Mayor shared impressive totals for the collection ofplastic bottles from other festivals, concerts and other events

held around the City.Mayor Barrett compli-mented RecyclingSpecialist Rick Meyerson his success in forminga partnership withSummerfest to promoterecycling on the festivalgrounds for the firsttime. His announcementof the initiative’s resultswas timely, as Irish Festwas the first festival topilot a recycling program

with KGMB over adecade ago.

Department ofPublic Works’Recycling SpecialistRick Meyers assistedthe operations andgrounds staff atSummerfest in design-ing and implementing aplastic bottle recyclingprogram this year. Theprogram was continueduntil the end of the festival season.

Mayor Barrett also noted that, “not only does recyclingkeep the bottles of the landfills they also pay out dividends inthe money made”.

The City not only worked with festivals held on MaierPark Festival grounds, but also continued its recyclingpartnerships with Bastille Days, RiverSplash, and withweekly events such as Jazz in the Park, River Rhythms andRiver Flicks.

This component was identified as a “Quick Win” in theMilwaukee Green Team report to the Mayor and the resultsthus far have substantiated that claim. The report stated “theCity of Milwaukee currently has recycling bins at festivals;however, the City should work to educate all of the festivaloperations directors of the importance of recycling at festivalsand provide counsel on how to minimize the amount of waste.”Photos by Niki Espy, KGMB

The plastic bottles recycled at

Summerfest, if lined up end to

end, starting at Summerfest,

would reach all the way to Fox

Point, (9.6 miles).

The total amount of recyclables

collected from the City’s festivals

was 38,233 pounds.

Children are educated about recycling while playing Reel for Steel at the GreenwishVillage located on the Irish Fest Grounds. The Greenwish Village is operated byKeep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful and promotes recycling awareness.

Mayor Tom Barrett at podium and left to right: Ed Ward, Founder and PastPresident of Irish Fest; John Boler, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, WorldFestivals Inc.; Dan Gutzmann, Irish Fest Food/Vendor Coordinator – Recycling;Rick Meyers, DPW Recycling Specialist; and DPW Commissioner Jeff Mantes.

Mayor Barrett demonstrates howto use the ClearStream recyclingcart while Commissioner Mantesobserves.

Printed on recycled paper.

Administrative ServicesNew HiresJeffrey A. Butcher, Parking Checker, ParkingMelissa A. Hoye, Parking Checker, ParkingNicholas J. Wolff, Graduate Intern, ParkingPromotionsMichelle Carr, Personnel Payroll Assistant IIIJames M. Johnson, Lead Parking Checker, ParkingAppointment to a Higher TitleDeborah K. Wilichowski, Telecommunications Analyst-SeniorTransfersMartin Grant, City Laborer, Parking (from Electrical Services)Phillip Martinez, City Laborer, Parking (from ElectricalServices)

Infrastructure ServicesNew HiresMartin C. Cherwin, Traffic Control Assistant,Transportation

Antonio P. Santos, City Laborer (Seasonal), Streets &Bridges

Douglas J. Slottke, City Laborer, (Seasonal) Streets &Bridges

PromotionsDessalegn Bekele, Engineering Drafting Technician II,Transportation

Thomas A. Corona, Bridge Operator, Streets & BridgesDale A. Dietze, Engineering Technician IV, TransportationAllen J. Holmes, Sewer Laborer II, UndergroundThomas J. Iglinski, Public Works Inspector II, ConstructionMaurice Jackson, Sewer Laborer II, UndergroundJohn R. Kocinski, Engineering Drafting IV, TransportationDemetrius D. LeFlore, Engineer Technician II, UndergroundAlejandro Munoz, Civil Engineer II, UndergroundNoah P. Olejniczak, Engineering Drafting Technician,Underground

Scott A. Olive, Engineer Technician II, ConstructionAaron Puckett Sr., Sewer Laborer II, UndergroundJohn A. Schmidt, Civil Engineer III, TransportationLaron Thomas, Sewer Laborer II, UndergroundCorey D. Tipton, Sewer Laborer II, UndergroundZafar S. Yousef, Management Civil Engineer –Senior,Underground

RetirementsNicholas L. Boyajian, Electrical Mechanic, Electrical ServicesOtis Caldwell, Special Laborer, Electrical ServicesRosa D. Colin, Laborer, Electrical ServicesMichael E. Nessmann, Infrastructure Support ServicesManager, Support

James N. Walensa, Sewer Mason, UndergroundTransfersGerald J. Fluker, City Laborer (Seasonal) Electrical Services,(from Forestry)

Edward C. Jackson, City Laborer, (Seasonal), (from Forestry)Robert J. Mikorski, City Laborer, (Seasonal), (from ForestryEric M. Payne, City Laborer, (Seasonal), (from Forestry)

Operations DivisionNew HiresJason V. Brock, City Laborer, (Seasonal), ForestryWillie Coger III, Tire Repair Worker I, Fleet ServicesMark Dix, Sanitation Supervisor, SanitationDennis Thomas Sr., City Laborer, (Seasonal), ForestryLynn Washington, City Laborer, (Seasonal), ForestryPromotionsShannon D. Davis, Sanitation Supervisor, SanitationJohn R. Laura, Sanitation Supervisor, SanitationMichael W. Krause, Architect IV, FacilitiesRetirementsLoren D. Bussewitz, Vehicle Service Technician-Heavy,Fleet Services

James R. Lawrence, Urban Forestry Laborer, ForestryMary Beth Makowski, Program Assistant II, FacilitiesDavid H. Marquardt, Sanitation Worker, SanitationWillard C. Schabarker, Urban Forestry Crew Leader,Forestry

John M. Schertz, Urban Forestry Laborer, ForestryGale A. Will, Field Service Mechanic, Fleet Services

Milwaukee Water WorksNew HiresDouglas L. Brandon, Water Treatment Plant Operator,Linwood

Brian R. Niemann, Water Treatment Plant Operator,Howard

PromotionsRichard Davila, Water Distribution Supervisor IPaul G. Dietrich, Machine RepairpersonRick L. Grebe, Water Meter Technician ILaura L. Kleczka, Program Assistant II, LinwoodArthur Kuenstler, Machine RepairpersonMichael D. Ludka, Machine RepairpersonMatthew Robertson, Machine RepairpersonJames A. Ruplinger, Water Meter Technician IIJeffrey Ward, Water Meter Technician IIRetirementsBrian A, Johnson, Water Distribution LaborerJoseph Rayome, Network Coordinator-Senior

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