July/August/September 2005

© Dept. of Public Works, City of Milwaukee

MilwaukeeWater Flows toNew Berlin

New Berlin becameMilwaukee’s 14th suburbancustomer this summer,

providing relief for New Berlin’swater supply and contaminationworries and for Milwaukee, anadditional source of revenue. TheMilwaukee Water Works (MWW)began providing its high qualitydrinking water to a portion ofNew Berlin in mid-June.

Milwaukee Public WorksCommissioner Jeff Mantes andNew Berlin Mayor Jack Chiovateroceremoniously “opened a valve”July 21 to commemorate comple-tion of the connection of the twocities’ water systems. Purchasingwater on a wholesale basis fromMilwaukee, New Berlin will main-tain its own distribution systemand bill its customers. TheMilwaukee Common Council hadapproved the water contract in 2003.

Chiovatero said those NewBerlin residents receivingMilwaukee water are verypleased to be relieved of theworry of radon in their well water,a water shortage, and maintenanceof water softeners that are notnecessary with Milwaukee water.He said New Berlin crews hadpicked up truckloads of discardedwater softeners since the switchwas made to Milwaukee water.

Mantes said New Berlincustomers would continue to

Automated Payment Centers Introduced

at Three Police District Stations

Need to buy a third quarternight parking permit? TheCity of Milwaukee has

introduced “Automated PaymentCenters” at three Police DistrictStations to purchase night parkingpermits and to pay for parkingcitations. Mayor Tom Barrett,Administrative Services DirectorDorinda Floyd, Milwaukee PoliceDepartment Deputy InspectorDale Schunk, and Alderman JoeDudzik participated in a press conference on June 28th to discusshow the payment centers operate andtheir success.

Mayor Barrett said, “Not only arethe machines more convenient for thepublic, but they also allow personnelat the police stations to be utilized

more efficiently and effectively forpolice related matters.” DeputyInspector Schunk and AldermanDudzik echoed his sentiment in theirremarks.

The City Milwaukee sells over190,000 night parking permits annually.The payment centers will make thepurchase of night parking permitsmore convenient. The payment cen-ters, which are currently located atPolice Districts 2, 5, and 6 are available24 hours a day, seven days a week.They take cash, check or credit card,and are in both English and Spanish.If a resident has purchased a permitin the last 12 months, the permitinformation will appear on the screenand all the resident has to do is updatethe information, if necessary. If aresident has never purchased a permit,he or she can apply at the paymentcenter as well.

First Night Time Parking

Permit Dispensing

Machines in the Country

Alderman Joe Dudzik, Mayor Tom Barrett, DPW AdministrativeServices Director Dorinda Floyd, and Deputy Inspector DaleSchunk at the 6th District Police Station. Mayor Barrett said,“One of the goals of the City of Milwaukee is to make criticalinvestments in technology to enhance the parking experience.”

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appreciate their new clean water.“We don’t like to boast, butMilwaukee water is the best-tastingwater around,” he said. Mantespraised employees of both cities forworking diligently and cooperativelyto get Milwaukee water flowing toNew Berlin. Several infrastructureprojects were designed and com-pleted since the agreement wasapproved, including two new pump-ing stations in New Berlin.

Due to international regulationsthat restrict the export of LakeMichigan water beyond the GreatLakes Basin Boundary, only the east-ern portion of New Berlin is receivingLake Michigan water. That area lieswithin the boundary and is served bythe Milwaukee Metropolitan SewerageDistrict, so lake water used is returnedto the Great Lakes Basin. The westernportion of New Berlin will continue touse a local aquifer as its water source.

Milwaukee gains revenue and New Berlin getsrelief from water quality and supply problems asMilwaukee water flows to a portion of New Berlin.Welcoming New Berlin as a customer, MilwaukeeDPW Commissioner Jeff Mantes joined NewBerlin Utilities Director Ray Grzys, MilwaukeeWater Works Superintendent Carrie Lewis, andNew Berlin Mayor Jack Chiovatero at a switchoverceremony. The event took place at a new pumpingstation on Grange Avenue in New Berlin. The sta-tion so closely resembles a single-family home,complete with front garden and living room “win-dows” that the city has received several inquiriesfrom people who would like to move into it.

New BerlinContinued from front page

Automated Payment CentersContinued from front page

The City has tested the paymentcenters over the last two quarters(since the first of the year until June)and sold over 11,100 permits in thesecond quarter. Eventually the Cityintends to sell all night parking per-mits through the payment centers.The City is ordering five more to beplaced in the remaining Police DistrictStations as well as an additional pay-ment center in Police Districts 5 and 6,where the most sales occur. TheParking Fund is financing the purchaseof the automated payment centers.

The cost of a night parking permitwill remain at $12 per quarter and

$44 per year. There will be no fee touse the payment center to purchase anight parking permit. The paymentcenters also provide for the paymentof parking citations. Cash, check,and credit card can be used. All trans-actions will be real time with nodelay in processing your night parkingpermit application or your parkingcitation.

The payment centers will be ableto process other types of payments,such as utility bills. The City iscurrently negotiating with WEEnergies to process gas and electricbills through the payment center.

The Wisconsin Tree Climbing Championship was held on July 14, 2005 atPierce Park in Appleton, Wisconsin. The competition is sponsored by theWisconsin Arborist Association. Arborists from the City of Milwaukee

Forestry Section have participated and placed very well at this event for manyyears. The competition brings together statewide tree climbers to compete infive events — Speed Climbing, Footlocking, Throwline, Aerial Rescue, and theWork Climb.

There is a separate women’s competition and men’s competition. Thewomen’s winner is decided by the best overall score from all five events. Themen’s winner is decided by a masters challenge event consisting of the top threescorers from the five preliminary events.

In 2005 six arborists from the City of Milwaukee Forestry Section competedand did very well. Here are the names of the competitors and their placement.

MEN’S DIVISION:25 Competitors OverallNajjar Abdullah — 2nd Place

Eric Wolf — 10th Place

Keith Gelhar — 12th Place

WOMEN’S DIVISION:4 Competitors OverallBarb McCollum — 2nd Place

Kit Regan — 3rd Place

Kimberly Patterson — 4th Place

Thanks to Randy Krouse,Technical ServicesCoordinator, Forestry Section for the information on the tree climbing competition.

City Arborists Compete in Wisconsin

Tree Climbing Championship

Barb McCollum and Najjar Abdullah, Urban ForestrySpecialists, 2nd place winners in the Wisconsin Tree ClimbingChampionships. Congratulations!

The City of Milwaukee’s WaterWorks has teamed up with theMilwaukee Fire Department and

the Milwaukee Police Department tocreate a public awareness campaign todeter the illegal opening of firehydrants. On Monday, July 25thMilwaukee Water WorksSuperintendent Carrie Lewis and

Assistant Fire Chief Mark Sainunveiled campaign materials to assistwith those efforts at one of the eightMilwaukee Public Schools RecreationDivision’s Cool Spots, Clarke Street,2816 West Clarke. The campaignmaterials include posters and flashcards that warn “Play with water andyou could get burned”. At the time ofthe press conference 328 fire hydrantshad been illegally opened, 34 of themoccurring on Sunday, July 24th.Carrie Lewis started by asking citizensfirstly, to leave hydrants for theWater Works and Fire Departmentand secondly, to “step up and reporttampering with hydrants”. She saidthat so far the campaign has resulted inone arrest — a teenager who was

arrested on July 16th for trying to breakopen a fire hydrant.

Assistant Fire Chief Mark Sainspoke of the danger caused by damagedhydrants once they have been tamperedwith. He stated, “we (the MilwaukeeFire Department) might arrive at thescene of a fire where there’s a brokenhydrant, and we don’t have time to

spare to search down thestreet for a hydrant that is inservice.” He also mentionedthat hundreds of thousands ofgallons of water flood out ofthe water system creating adanger for children playingin the street and wasting aprecious commodity, treateddrinking water.

Captain Harpole of the 3rdDistrict was also on hand tolend support to the campaignstating that Milwaukee Policewill respond to callsmade regarding theillegal openings, inorder of priority.Cedric Banks,Milwaukee Public

Schools Recreation Divisionencouraged children inMilwaukee to go to the CoolSpots where they can playsafely. The Cool Spots, whichare listed on the cards, areAuer Avenue, 2221 West AuerAvenue; Columbia, 1354 WestColumbia Street; HopkinsStreet, 1503 West HopkinsStreet; Starms Discovery, 2035North 25th Street; BenFranklin, 2308 West NashStreet; Clarke, 2816 WestClarke; Granville, 9520 West AllynStreet; and Wheatley, 2242 North 20thStreet. The Cool Spots are set upbetween noon and 1:00 p.m. on dayswhen the temperature exceeds 85

degrees and operate until 6:00 p.m.The flash cards tell residents that

opening a fire hydrant can result in a$1,000 fine or 30 days in jail. What thecards do not state is how costly a hydrantis to repair. One hydrant opened for fourhours loses $883 worth of water, damageto a hydrant is $850, and a brokenhydrant can cost $3,500 to repair. Openhydrants can also cause property damageif nearby buildings are flooded.

The posters and flash cards arebeing distributed to all MilwaukeePublic Libraries, and to communitygroups, churches, Boys and Girlsclubs, gas stations and other locationsin the areas where most of the illegalfire hydrant openings are occurring.Milwaukee Police DepartmentCommunity Liaison officers will distribute the cards and so willMilwaukee Fire Fighters who areinvolved in community events.

Aldermen have also been asked fortheir input to make sure the communi-ty is well informed. Residents who seeanyone tampering with a fire hydrantare encouraged to call 286-3710.

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Carrie Lewis, Milwaukee Water Works Superintendent, began thepress conference by asking residents to step up and report anyonetampering with fire hydrants. She suggested that children visit acounty pool, a neighborhood Cool Spot or that residents turn ontheir sprinklers for neighborhood children.

Milwaukee Water Works, Milwaukee Fire

& Police Departments Kick Off Campaign

to Deter Illegal Fire Hydrant Openings

“Play with Water and You Could get Burned”

Assistant Fire Chief Mark Sain spoke of the importance of havinga functioning fire hydrant available when a call is made. He said,“Time is precious when responding to a house and the Departmentdoesn’t have time to find a fire hydrant that is working if the onethey need is damaged.”

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Bob Skiera, former City ofMilwaukee Forester, died peace-fully in his sleep at his central

Wisconsin family farm Friday, July 29,2005. Though retired since 1990, his nameis still associated with the nationallyacclaimed Milwaukee Bureau ofForestry, thanks to a high profile duringhis career.

After returning from military servicein Korea, Bob started working as anarborist trainee in 1955. Over the next19 years, he worked his way up theranks, until appointed as city forester forMilwaukee, Wisconsin in 1973. His 17years in that position included a periodof tremendous growth and devastation.At the same time Milwaukee’s urban forestwas experiencing tremendous growth;it also was ravaged by Dutch ElmDisease (DED).

Bob was faced with removingdiseased trees and replacing thousandsof elms in a timely period. But thecountry was in the depth of a recession.One of his greatest challenges andcontributions to the profession thatgave Bob the most satisfaction wasbeing able to convince city policy makersto budget replacement trees, as well asremoval funds. On the day prior to hispassing the headlines on the front pageof USA Today read, “City LeadersFinding Money Does Grow on Trees”.The article explains the many previouslyunknown benefits tree cover providesto better communities.

The DED experience ledMilwaukee to acquire one of the firstcomputerized tree inventory programsand one of the first planting managementprograms. The latter was necessary toensure sufficient diversity to avertfuture disasters like DED. Bob alsoworked closely with the Mayor’sBeautification Committee for citizeninput on replacement trees. This programled to Milwaukee being awarded one ofthe first Tree City USA designations.

Another major contribution to theMilwaukee area was Bob’s role in thedevelopment of the MilwaukeeSummerfest grounds from an emptyurban industrial area to a well-landscapedfestival site. He was instrumental inplanning and participated in hands-on

planting of demonstration gardensthrough the cooperative effort of theMayor’s Beautification Committee insupervising 1,200 volunteer gardenerswho were responsible for Summerfestplantings.

Skiera’s successes in Milwaukeemade him a sought-after consultantand lecturer. He consulted withmunicipalities across the country andwith the military on vegetation manage-ment at military installations. Heworked with American Forests on theirCool Communities program and wasan urban forestry adviser to theUniversity of Wisconsin at StevensPoint and to the Milwaukee AreaTechnical College. Following retirement,although he curtailed his lecture andconsulting schedule, Bob still foundtime to serve on the Governor’sForestry Advisory Committee. He alsobecame an expert on propagating andgrowing hostas. Known as “HostaBob” by members of the SoutheastWisconsin Hosta Society, he donatedcountless hours as a volunteer andlecturer at the Boerner BotanicalGardens.

During his professional career, heserved as President of the InternationalSociety of Arboriculture, MunicipalArborists, and Urban Foresters Society,

Wisconsin Arborist Association, and asVice-President of American Forests, thenation’s oldest conservation organization.For his untiring efforts, Bob has beenhonored with awards from many greenindustry organizations. The latest wasthe Student Society of Arboriculture“Roots of Our Being” award in 1998.

Bob was also a dedicated familyman to his four children and wife of50 years, Patricia. He was an avidgardener, archer, bow hunter andexpert marksman. He was a talentedcoach and instructor, always willing tohelp others develop advanced skills.He was a certified ProfessionalArchery Association instructor andtrained multiple state and nationaljunior Olympic champions, includinghis wife, son, and daughters who wonmulti state titles. Bob held the staterecord in archery posting the firstperfect score of 300 during a statechampionship competition. His mostrecent accomplishments includeachieving the title of Senior StateChampion in 2002, 2003, and 2004 inSmall Bore Silhouette Hunter Rifle.

Information provided by James Skiera,Bob’s son. James Skiera is currently theExecutive Director of the InternationalSociety of Aboriculture.

Robert Skiera, Former City Forester Extraordinaire (1922-2005)

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The City of Milwaukee, in partner-ship with a turnkey developer, isbuilding a new centralized facility

for Department of Public Works andMilwaukee Water Works personnel.The facility is located at the formerA.O. Smith/Tower AutomotiveManufacturing Plant. A groundbreakingceremony was held on May 17th withseveral local politicians, city officials,and contractors in attendance.

The new 230,000 square foot facilityis being built on a 24-acre site, located at35th and West Capitol Drive. Thisfacility, when completed, will includeoperations of Street & BridgeMaintenance, Sewer Maintenance,Facilities Maintenance, and MilwaukeeWater Works’ Lincoln Avenue andCameron Avenue distribution facilities.Currently, these groups are located atseven different locations. By combiningthese facilities, the City will createefficiencies by eliminating duplicationof services in several different locations.The new facility will also avoid futurecapital and operating expenses. Thestaff at this site will number 480.

Mayor Barrett announced at thegroundbreaking that the City was ontrack to meet or exceed the EmergingBusiness Enterprise (EBE) andResidential Preference Program goals.During the development of the site, theEBE goal is 18% of the contract dollarsand the Residential Preference Programgoal is 25% of the hours worked. Thetotal value of the project is slightly over$23 million and when completed willhave employed 65,000 worker hours.

Environmental issues played ahuge part in the development of thesite and in the building design. Thenew building will incorporate sustain-able design principles to help retainstormwater and prevent additionalrunoff from entering the sewer system.Energy Star standards will be met orexceeded for the lighting, HVAC,and roof elements of the project. Indeveloping the site, 14 acres of build-ings were demolished, resulting in

8,000 tons of salvageable metal and100,000 tons of recycled granular fillthat was created using on-site crushingequipment.

Completion of this facility willoccur early in 2006, and theDepartment of Public Works willrelocate its staff from the Traser Street

facility at 6th and Canal Street, withthat site being redeveloped into theHarley-Davidson Motor Companymuseum.

Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for New Department ofPublic Works/Milwaukee Water Works Maintenance Facility at Tower Automotive Site

Participating in the groundbreaking for the new Department of Public Works/MilwaukeeWater Works Maintenance Facility groundbreaking were (left to right) Sam Dickman Sr.,The Dickman Company, Mrs. Wade (Alderman Wade’s mother), Alderman Willie Wade,Mayor Tom Barrett, Superintendent of Water Works Carrie Lewis, State RepresentativeBarbara Toles, Director of Operations Jim Purko, City Engineer Jeff Polenske, and GerryBlomerg, Midwest Rail and Dismantling. Not pictured, State Senator G. Spencer Coggs,and Brian Byrne, president of Briohn Development.

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Everyone in City Governmentknows there is a new phonesystem. The City’s telephone

system includes approximately 5,700telephones for nearly 8,200 employeesat over 150 locations. The new phonesystem project included training on theuse of the Avaya telephones for severalthousand municipal employees.Employees have enthusiasticallyembraced the new phones and findit has been very helpful in theircommunication with each other andwith the general public. Some of themost popular features include: callerID, call logging, speed dialing and thedigital screens on the more advancedphones. There are several stories thatcan be told about the City telephonereplacement.

The best story is about the people —the teamwork between DPW telephone,electrical, cabling, networking men andwomen in different sections and acrossthe Administration and OperationsDivision. The replacement was acomplicated undertaking that requiredan enormous effort by many dedicatedDPW employees. The installation teamfrom DPW included, Clyde Battle,Terrence A. Brehmer, Angel Fontanez,Jr., MICHAEL J. GERARD, Mark J.Ingles, Lance Liska, Kevin Michaels,Robert Morales, Michael D. Panlener,Bryan Pawlak, Walter Polk, DavidPritchett, KENNETH R. WALKER,DEBORAH K. WILICHOWSKI, AprilD. Wilks, and Gerard Froh. A few ofthese PEOPLE worked 16 hour daysand 60 plus hour weeks for months onend to get their part of the job done ontime to minimize the impact on thetelephone users. The training andinstallation assistance provided byAvaya and the invaluable contribu-tions of “Telephone Coordinators” aswell as the patience of City employeesled to the most successful technologyproject in City government in recentmemory. Phone service was virtuallyuninterrupted in spite of the fact thatDPW supported the old and the newphone systems and two voice mailsystems simultaneously.

Under budget is anothergood story. Initially budgetedin 2002 at $5,000,000, the pro-ject has been completedunder budget by $1,000,000.This was achieved even afterthe project was expanded toinclude 500 new Avayatelephones for the 5 remoteHealth Department sites.The Common Councilrecently authorized us tospend $400,000 to upgradethe Police Departmentphone system to the current Avaya technologyand to spend $100,000 toupgrade the phone systemsin Fire Stations. How did wesave so much money? Partof it is luck and timing in theglobal “market” for telephonesystems. The rest of thesavings are because dedicatedDPW staff did much of thework instead of consultantsand contractors. Instead ofbuying software and hard-ware for our new voice mail,conference bridge and inter-active voice response (IVR)systems, DPW built themfrom Open Source (free)software. That effortalone saved $250,000 andwill have ongoing savingsby avoiding annual proprietarylicensing fees.

Good for the future is anotherstory. When we turned off the oldROLM telephone system in the CityHall complex the power consumptiondropped from 400 to 70 amps. An82 percent reduction in electricalconsumption for the telephone system.There will also be a correspondingsavings in air-conditioning required forthe “telephone room”. Actually it ismore like a telephone corner not atelephone room. The ROLM cabinetswere 48 inches wide and 30 inchesdeep, there were 3 cabinets boltedtogether in a row and there were 5rows of these cabinets for a total of 15

cabinets. The new equipment onlytakes up only 4 19 inch wide racks lessthan 1/10th the space of the ROLMequipment. The new telephone systemand open source software enablethe computer telephony integrationneeded to build the Mayor’s “OneNumber to Call” initiative 286-CITYand integration with the DPW CallCenter application.

Thanks to Gerry Froh, Network PlanningManager, Bryan Pawlak, ElectricalServices Supervisor II, and Kenneth R.Walker, Telecommunications Analyst-Project Leader, for contributing and writingthe article on the new telephone system.

DPW Administrative Services’ Technology Support Services

Section Replaces 20-Year Old Telephone System

The old telephone room took up considerable more space.

The new “telephone corner”.

Mayor Tom Barrett and County Executive Scott WalkerEncourage Citizens to Travel “Milwaukee by Bike”

Mayor Tom Barrett and CountyExecutive Scott Walkerencouraged citizens in

Milwaukee County to travel by bicycleto experience Milwaukee in a healthy,safe and fun way at a press event in July.“Milwaukee by Bike” is the title of thenew bicycle route map that was recentlypublished with 80 percent funding fromthe federal government, 10 percentfrom the City and 10 percent from theCounty. The City of Milwaukeeobtained the grant and hired theBicycle Federation of Wisconsin todesign and produce the 102,000 maps.

The map features the City’s bicycleroute network, which consists ofapproximately 150 miles of signedbicycle routes and City streets andapproximately 13 miles of streets withdesignated bicycle lanes. The map alsoshows City streets where designatedbicycle lanes will be installed this yearor next, adding approximately 25

additional miles throughoutthe City of Milwaukee.Milwaukee County’s 100 mileOak Leaf Trail is also featuredon the new bike map. TheMilwaukee County Parks andRecreation Department hasrecently repaved many exist-ing segments and added newsections to the Oak Leaf Trail.

The “Milwaukee by Bike”maps have been delivered toCity and County offices fordistribution and can be found atall local bike shops, MilwaukeePublic Libraries, MilwaukeeCounty Parks and Recreationoffices and parks. Plans are beingmade to deliver maps to majoremployees in downtown. In addition,the map can be seen on-line atwww.milwaukeebybike.org.

Mayor Barrett spoke of the futuredevelopment of additional bicycle

lanes and the City’s commitment tomake the City bicycle friendly.County Executive Scott Walkeraddressed the County’s commitmentto providing more bicycle enhance-ments, including the new bridge,complete with bicycle path, overLincoln Memorial Drive.

County Executive Scott Walker (left) unfolds Milwaukee by BikeMap with Mayor Tom Barrett. Michael Loughran, InfrstructureServices looks on while trying to keep dry.

KUDOS: A word meaning glory, praise or credit.

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Kudos to…Tim Thur, Chief Sewer Engineer, Infrastructure

Environmental Section, for using his vacation time to serve as avolunteer leader at Boy Scout Camp. Because of his efforts itallowed more Scouts to have a positive summer campingexperience.

Michael Schaefer, Security Manager, who completedhis Master of Arts degree in Business and Organizational SecurityManagement. Schaefer completed the degree for personalsatisfaction, growth and possible employment opportunities.

Kavodas McRath, Drafting Technician, on completinghis degree in Civil Engineering from University of WisconsinMilwaukee in May, 2005. McRath wanted to be in a position forfuture promotional opportunities and to set an example for hisdaughter, currently in middle school. He said he also wanted to“simply finish something that he had started”. He first enrolled incollege at the age of 24 and completed at the age of 47.

If you or someone in your area has made a majoraccomplishment, did a good deed or volunteers for a special project that you think is worthy of being recognized for, please send me an email or fax.Share the good news! u

GoodJob!

In 2004 the City of Milwaukeewas privileged to be awarded$10,000 for its participation in

the U.S. Conference of MayorsCans for Cash Challenge. The Cityof Milwaukee is once again participating in the2005 challenge. Mayor Barrett has encouragedall schools within the City of Milwaukee, (K-5and K-8) to earn cash prizes for their school andbe eligible for recycling magic shows in springof 2006 by collecting aluminum cans. The time-line for the contest is September 1st to the 16th.

The City of Milwaukee is also encouragingthe participation of independent recycling/redemption centers as well. The goal is to col-lect as many aluminum cans as possible and tobe creative in encouraging participation. Lookforward to our results in the next newsletter.

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Administration DivisionNew HiresPaul J. Klajbor, Graduate Intern

PromotionsTheresa M. Allen, Accountant Assistant II, ParkingJeffrey J.Darling, Parking Meter Technician, ParkingGina A. Santiago, Personnel Payroll Assistant II

Infrastructure Services DivisionNew HiresTimothy B. Edwards, City Laborer Seasonal, Electrical Dessalegn Bekele, Engineering Drafting Technician I,Transportation

Demetrus D. Leflore, Engineering Technician I,Underground

PromotionsDennis J Miller, Electrical Services Manager –Sr., ElectricalDavid J. Mohrbacker, Engineering Drafting Technician II,Transportation

Albert G. Phillips II, Sewer Field Investigator II,Underground

Jaime Rivera, Electrical Mechanic, ElectricalDaniel Rojas, Electrical Mechanic Apprentice, ElectricalTerrence J. Slama, Engineering Drafting Technician II,Transportation

Joseph L. Stephenson, Electrical Mechanic Apprentice,Electrical

Steven J. Viscuso, Sewer Examiner II, UndergroundCatherine A. Watson, Painter, SupportSteven R. Walczak, Engineering Technician V,Construction

Scott E. Wilson, Electrical Mechanic Apprentice, Electrical

RetirementsWayne J. Blaszczyk, Cement Finisher, Streets & BridgesRobert Gallob, Bridge Laborer Crew Leader, Streets &Bridges

Otto G. Tesch, Public Works Inspector II, Construction

Operations DivisionNew HiresVincent Ashford, City Laborer Seasonal, ForestryKeira M. Miller, Urban Forestry Intern, ForestryKelly R. Mumm, Urban Forestry Intern, ForestryLaddie M. Richardson, City Laborer, ForestryNathaniel J. Runke, Urban Forestry Intern, ForestryEugenia L. Veal, City Laborer Seasonal, Forestry

RetirementsDani H. Allen, Urban Forestry SpecialistJames F. Brady, Tractor Operator, Fleet OperationsMichael Cyrulik, Sanitation SupervisorJames H. Kyles, Sanitation District Manager, SanitationMichael T. Lasecki, Water Meter SpecialistLeonard E. Streich, Field Headquarters Coordinator,Sanitation

Milwaukee Water WorksNew HiresRicardo R. Delgado, Water Treatment Plant OperatorEric J. Kierzek, Water Meter SpecialistDavid D. Polk, Water Meter Specialist

PromotionsGary K. Gibson, Water Distribution ManagerBen Glatzel, Water Distribution District SupervisorThomas R. Heiden, Senior Water Treatment Plant OperatorJesse Hernandez, Water Distribution Supervisor IJay L. Lloyd, Water Distribution Supervisor IIMichael J. Nelson, Water Meter SpecialistThomas P. Runnells, Meter Reader SupervisorMark A. Szalewski, Field InvestogatorGil E. Taylor, Water Distribution Supervisor II

RetirementsLee G. Walcheske, Water Distribution Supervisor IIJohn F. Wensierski, Water Distribution Laborer

Belated Congratulations on Your Promotions!Michael Strehlow, Field Services Manager andTom Pechacek, Electrical Services Operations Manager

PEOPLE IN THE WORKS

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