Sharon Duca

can just, I wanted to clarify, um, we have savings so far of $245,000 on the civilian side.

That's correct. Due to the the vacancies and the staffing shortages that we've experienced, we've come in under budget so we would have the ability to pre-hire these positions as well as have overlap on the electric department positions.

Um, well, I guess first of all, in terms of the positions that are retiring, we're not keeping them longer. They're going to leave when they intend to leave. The goal is to try to get somebody in here two or three months before they retire so that they can train with them. More than likely, a new employee would be making less than a tenured employee that's leaving.

That's what we anticipate, yes.

No, we'd be staying in with within budget constraints due to the savings from current vacancies.

Thank you, Mr. President. Um, one, during the water main cleaning project, there are all of these items so there may be issues in South Dover and Queen Street. Uh, there was also paving today on South Street, and paving will occur on North Queen Street during the, um, the current area is fully in completion. Also wanted to know that the Dover DelVal delivery system, the change in the home deliveries, and we have not heard reports of any operational issues or any customer complaints to this operation. Thank you.