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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee January 21, 2003 Page 5 Chairman Plata made the comment that Mayor Pfiester said there was a need for doing more with less, but it seems the city is doing more with more. Mr. Campbell told the Committee that the city has not expanded personnel in the Water Treatment Plant in eight or nine years and the requirements from the state have increased. Councilwoman Neeley said that the Committee may need to look at the number of employees in 1990 compared to the number we have at the present time (2003). Mr. Campbell said when he came to work for the City of Paris in 1987, there were 33 employees and the city has 48 at this time in the Utilities Department, which is made up of Water Production, Wastewater Water Treatment and Lift Stations. City Manager Malone asked Mr Campbell how many lift stations the city had when Mr. Campbell came to the city compared to how many we have now. Mr. Campbell advised there were 10 lift stations in 1987 and now the city has 18 lift stations to maintain. Mr. Campbell explained that there are two employees manning the water treatment plant and two employees manning the wastewater treatment plant 24 hours a day. He explained that, in most cases, there are two operators or one operator and one maintenance worker. He said that this practice was initiated about ten or twelve years ago to improve safety. Mr. Campbell also told the Committee that on the weekends, a licensed `B" operator has to come and sign a log stating that the plant is operating correctly and this is mandated by the state. Councilwoman Neeley wanted to know what these additional employees that have been added since 1987 have been doing since they are not producing more water. Mr. Campbell said these employees are making the water a lot cleaner. Mr. Campbell said when he first came to Paris, those 33 employees were making water that had a turbidity of 1.0 units, but now they are making water with 0.3 turbidity units all the time. He said that cost a lot of money and you add additional equipment, you have to have additional people to maintain the equipment, which includes preventative maintenance along with maintenance on the equipment when it breaks down. City Manager Malone explained that the history of the preventative maintenance program to the Committee. Mr.