The City of San Angelo issued a press release this afternoon.
Effective Sept. 8, Water Utilities Director Allison Strube will be leaving her position with the City of San Angelo.
Strube has accepted an opportunity with the Colorado River Municipal Water District.
The CRMWD posted an Engineering Services Manager job in mid-June.
The city's press release highlighted Stube's accomplishments which include:
Serves as chairwoman of the Region 9 Flood Planning Group and a voting member of Region F Water Planning Group.
That is the Upper Colorado River Regional Flood Plan.
Former City Engineer Lance Overstreet remained the Municipalities representative and serves as Secretary of the Flood Planning Group. Overstreet left his position as San Angelo's City Engineer in November 2020 and the city continues to recruit for his replacement.
Water is a precious resource in West Texas, as are professional engineers. It hurts to have a drought of either.
Update 9-8-22: Strube went from reporting to Assistant City Manager Michael Dane to Executive Director of Public Works Shane Kelton. City Manager Daniel Valenzuela waived the professional engineer required for the top Public works position for Ricky Dickson and then Shane Kelton. Might that have contributed to the city's difficulty finding and retaining engineers? Kelton will "oversee the Water Utilities Department until Strube’s replacement has been found."
Update 9-27-22: Strube left with a $9,000 raise in the budget from a 7% cost of living raise. Her pay would have risen to $137,763.
Update 5-6-23: The top Water Utilities job remains vacant. The city resorted to an internal promotion for Chief Engineer after spending over two years searching for Lance's replacement.
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