City of Muskego Makes Changes To IT Department

John Wisniewski, Director of IT Services for the City, requested a staffing change of the Finance Committee Tuesday night, which would result in the elimination of the Computer Specialist position, and the addition of a Systems Administrator and PC Intern.

The salary of the present position was around $60,000, and the administrator's position would result in a salary range of approximately $55,000-$75,000.  Wisniewski said that the expanded position would allow him to come out of "the quagmire of operational tasks that has been taking up my time."

He explained that the job he was hired to do involved working on policy development, documentation, and disaster recovery testing, which he has not been able to get to.

Alderman Dan Soltysiak asked if the IT department had considered outsourcing for the positions, but Wisniewski said the city's systems are specialized, and by the time he is able to get someone up to speed and working on their own, there would be no cost savings.

The systems administrator would oversee much of the IT operational needs, and the part-time PC intern, which will be paid at $12/hour, will offer additional assistance.