Brain Dead Management

BRAIN DEAD MANAGEMENT

The Lisbon Waste Water Treatment Facility is rated 4 by the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The facility is currently being operated by Mr. Gerald Kamke, Grade 5 operator and Mr. Steve Aievoli, Grade 4 operator. This meets the criteria of the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection. You would think this is great for Lisbon because these two individuals are doing such an outstanding job for the Town of Lisbon.

Now comes the rub, Mr. E. Ryan Leighton, Grade 2 operator is the Superintendent of the Waste Water Treatment Facility. According to the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection, anyone can be called Superintendent or any name you want to be called but NO ONE can operate the facility unless they are a Grade 4 or 5 operators. So why are we paying Mr. E Ryan Leighton $69,310 to be the Town Engineer and the Superintendent of Waste Water Treatment Plant when Mr. Leighton can not operate the facility without either Mr. Kamke or Mr. Aievoli being present to supervise him. Who supervises who in this operation?

Mr. Kamke is the Operations Manager according to the Town of Lisbon Web site and Mr. Leighton is the Superintendent. How can someone who is not qualified to operate the facility be in charge of someone who is qualified accord to the State? Only in Lisbon is this possible. In this economic crisis, why don’t we promote Mr. Kamke to Superintendent of the Waste Water Treatment Facility and make Mr. Steve Aievoli  the Operations Manager and do a way with a superintendent who can not operate the plant without having one of these two gentlemen present.

Let’s think about the monies the Town of Lisbon could save by eliminating Mr. Leighton from the chain of command. Instead of creating justification for increasing the pay of a person who is not qualified in a position, promote the actual worker doing the job. This is good management protocol and strengthens the spree de corps in the unit.

Larry A. Fillmore

Concerned Citizen