The Wausau Human Resources Committee voted Nov. 10 to authorize the Community Development Authority to add a 20‑hour per week building maintenance technician starting in January to help address heavy workloads and protect institutional knowledge.

Julie, the CDA representative, told the committee the CDA board approved the position at its Oct. 28 meeting and emphasized that CDA operations are funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), not the city general fund. "We don't get any money from the city. We get all of our funding through HUD," Julie said.

Julie described recent changes to HUD inspections, noting the move from Housing Quality Standards (HQS) to the new NSPIRE protocol. "For the tenant based vouchers, those inspections went from being a half an hour to an hour to an hour and a half to complete," she said, adding that the longer inspections take maintenance staff away from other tasks. Julie reported 134 unit turnovers over four years and listed the CDA portfolio as Riverview Towers (149 apartments), Riverview Terrace (36 units), 46 scattered sites and roughly 300 vouchers.

Committee members asked whether the additional half‑time position would reduce contracting needs and help meet HUD requirements. Julie said the extra staff should put the CDA in a better position to meet inspection and turnover deadlines and to pass knowledge to newer staff as senior technicians retire. The motion to approve (recorded as moved by Hinkie, seconded by Tierney) passed by voice vote; individual roll‑call votes were not recorded in the transcript.

The committee did not attach additional funding conditions to the CDA request during the meeting.