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• Elimination of the Level 9 Business Manager from the Central BusinessOffice and creation of a Level 6 DPW Administrative Assistance position.° Water & Sewer Administrative support and billing was previous partof the Central Business Office. Water and Sewer Operations previouslyhad no administrative staff. The position was redefined andphysically relocated from Town Hall to the DPW Yard. This changebetter defined the responsibilities of the position while better aligningthe work to a location where the service is actually delivered. Atthe same time the change provided much needed administrative supportto the Water and Sewer operations group.• Reclassification of the Level 4 position of Draftsman to a Level 6 positionof GIS & CAD Operator.° The former position of Draftsman was antiquated. The modern-dayfunction of this position takes on a roll of an electronic recordskeeper. Information that used to be hand drawn onto cloth recordsplans is no longer done. Record information is now received in variouselectronic formats, converted, manipulated, and compiled ontointeractive graphical files that have interactive databases attached tothem. This makes record keeping and record searches a “one stop”process where a single query can produce every bit of information ona property, roadway, or neighborhood.• Defined, for the first time, the long running program of using part-time /seasonal employees to serve as engineering interns.° For more than ten years the DPW has had an intern/COOP programthat utilizes college engineering students in carrying out variouswater, sewer, and stormwater engineering project design functions.These students were previously considered contract vendors in theeyes of the Town. Legally, the interns in this program are consideredstatutory employees that work on a temporary basis. The re-organizationsets a formal job description which clearly defines job functionand responsibility.Statistics show that the Milton Department of Public Works consistentlyranks as one of the smallest in both budget and staffing levels when comparedto other Massachusetts communities. This is particularly noteworthy in thatgiven the geographic and population size, the roadway water and sewer systemmiles, and the relatively large array of services provided by the department,that Milton ranks closer to the top-middle of Massachusetts communities whenit comes to DPW responsibility. One can conclude that Milton residences garnervery good value in service for the comparably low level of financial investmentmade by the town for these services.139