By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson City Manager Jeff Cantrell said the city is going forward with hiring some temporary employees that it didn't bring on last year due to the pandemic.
"The previous fiscal year, we were down 10 seasonal employees," Cantrell said. "We're bringing those ten back, plus we have some enhanced equipment that we deferred for purchase last year, due to COVID unanticipated revenue."
The city should look a lot less scruffy this spring and summer.
"I think where people will see the biggest impact is the waterways, the drainage ditches," Cantrell said. "Even that piece of equipment that I mentioned. That is a fairly large tractor. It's a hundred plus horsepower, fifteen foot wing mower. That's a machine that when it goes out and spends time, it covers a lot of ground."
Cantrell said they are in the hiring process for those positions right now and they've selected that staff. Some of them have already come on board, but they should have them all starting in the next few weeks.