The Hoisington City staff will start a new work schedule starting Oct. 2. City office hours as well as other staff will experiment with a work week of four nine-hour days and one four-hour day.  

The modified work schedule is for most full-time city personnel. This schedule would not apply to the City Police Department but would apply to all other full-time, non-seasonal personnel. At the last council meeting, City Manager Jonathan Mitchell was asked to consider a modified work schedule that may include four 10-hour days. 

Mitchell met with his leadership committee, who then visited with their departments. The committee came back to Mitchell with a City Office time schedule of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon on Fridays. The City Office would be open over the noon hour.

 “This may assist with retention and recruitment of staff while providing high-level customer service to our residents,” Mitchell said. 

The schedule will be used until April, 2024. Mitchell noted that several questions such as how holiday pay will be handled will be answered during the trial period. One concern for residents is contacting Stutzman’s trash service on Friday afternoons. Generally, residents call the City Office by 3 p.m. if their trash pickup was missed. With this new schedule, residents will need to call Stutzman’s directly.