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A couple of years ago we had an "extra" lineperson to fill in when a lineperson was on vacation or sick. We operate a two person crew, and it is more desirable to keep a crew active when a lineperson is missing from work. We gave up this position when a service crew was added two years ago. We now desire to again fill this position. We are proposing a new position of laborer(meter technician). The position description is attached. This position will install new and change-out residential water and electric meters along with maintaining off-peak radio receivers. It will take 7 to 8 years to change all of the old water and electric meters to radio read meters. We are also proposing as a last resort, another water operation if our current plan does not work out. We continue to struggle in completing all of the necessary duties in the water department. The supervisor does to much "wrenching" and not enough supervising due to workload. The situation becomes worse when an operator is sick or on vacation. The added laborer (meter technician) discussed above will take some load off the water operators in changing water meters. The generation plant operator position is divided into 50% operating and maintaining the generation equipment and 50% as a water operator. This plant operator has not worked in the water department because he is doing the duties of the laborer who was an unpaid medical leave and has since been let go. We are currently advertising to fill the laborer position which does janitorial and inventory functions. Upon filling the laborer's position, the plant operator will start working half time as a water operator. This may alleviate the need for an additional water operator.