and justine henderlighter, she did a great job of explaining the hiring and retention challenges that we're facing. these challenges are only going to get more difficult as the number of retire eligibility staff grows. that's why we're asking for staff for critical functions like e.e.o. to speed up the hiring and recruitment process. we also need to retain our employees and support the career development, as well. so one of the top priorities for this budget cycle is to ensure that core functions are staffed by permanent employees. i ask our entire executive teams to take a lohard look at their organization staff to look at where staff are working on and should be permanent. we have 23505 positions that we proposing to convert to permanent. while the number of p.u.c. facilities has grown significantly over the last four years, we've only been authorized at 13 new positions. for example, we used to have one groundwater well. now we have 14. we used to have eight treatment plants. now we have 16. we must have new staff to man or to -- to respond to these new facilities. we also have new

and justine henderlighter, she did a great job of explaining the hiring and retention challenges that we're facing. these challenges are only going to get more difficult as the number of retire eligibility staff grows. that's why we're asking for staff for critical functions like e.e.o. to speed up the hiring and recruitment process. we also need to retain our employees and support the career development, as well. so one of the top priorities for this budget cycle is to ensure that core functions are staffed by permanent employees. i ask our entire executive teams to take a lohard look at their organization staff to look at where staff are working on and should be permanent. we have 23505 positions that we proposing to convert to permanent. while the number of p.u.c. facilities has grown significantly over the last four years, we've only been authorized at 13 new positions. for example, we used to have one groundwater well. now we have 14. we used to have eight treatment plants. now we have 16. we must have new staff to man or to -- to respond to these new facilities. we also have new

and justine henderlighter, she did a great job of explaining the hiring and retention challenges that we're facing. these challenges are only going to get more difficult as the number of retire eligibility staff grows. that's why we're asking for staff for critical functions like e.e.o. to speed up the hiring and recruitment process. we also need to retain our employees and support the career development, as well. so one of the top priorities for this budget cycle is to ensure that core functions are staffed by permanent employees. i ask our entire executive teams to take a lohard look at their organization staff to look at where staff are working on and should be permanent. we have 23505 positions that we proposing to convert to permanent. while the number of p.u.c. facilities has grown significantly over the last four years, we've only been authorized at 13 new positions. for example, we used to have one groundwater well. now we have 14. we used to have eight treatment plants. now we have 16. we must have new staff to man or to -- to respond to these new facilities. we also have new