The manager of Oconto Falls Municipal Utilities for the last decade plans to move across town to become operations manager of Oconto Electric Cooperative.
Greg Kuhn told the city council April 8 that his first day in the new position is May 9. Kuhn was hired in June 2015 after 12 years as a journeyman lineman with the water department and water treatment facility in Hartford.
“I appreciate the work that we’ve all put in to get where we’re at,” Kuhn said. “I’m proud of the work that I’ve accomplished along with everybody here and the commission … I can leave knowing that I left it in better shape than I came.”
The city utilities commission has appointed Beth Rank, customer service representative, and Jason Valentine, utility foreman, to share interim managerial duties while a new manager is recruited.
“Normally we would try to do it with one, but given the scope of the amount of work we have this summer, we thought it best to try to designate the two parties so they can each concentrate on appropriate tasks,” Kuhn said.
The city got good news earlier this month when parts for the new lift station on Columbia Street arrived two months early and the steel for a new substation was delivered, he said.
“The two biggest looming projects might be completed before I leave, so that would be good,” Kuhn said.
The commission asked Kuhn to update the manager’s job description for its April meeting, and commissioners will review applications and resumes as they come in, he said.
Mayor Clint Braun and council members thanked Kuhn for his service to the city over nearly 10 years.
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