Waukesha Water Utility Loses Key Staffer To Green Bay

The Waukesha Freeman reported today that Nancy Quirk, technical services manager at the Waukesha Water Utility, has taken a job as the General Manager of the Green Bay Water Utility.

I'd reported on this blog Friday about an apparent high-level resignation in Waukesha.

It's a huge promotion for Quirk, who was blocked from the top Waukesha water job by Duchniak - - recruited from Oak Creek to Waukesha with the long-term water supply issue a top priority.

Duchniak was recently provided by the utility commission with a vehicle and cash bonus opportunities as its slow-moving and precedent-setting Lake Michigan diversion application moves forward.

It will be interesting to see what impact if any this has on that application, a major and controversial water utility project in Waukesha over the past few years.

The team that put together or promoted the application for Waukesha has changed markedly.

City administrator Lori Luther left in the summer of 2011.

In early 2010, the utility parted ways with its long-term application technical consultant, and Mayor Larry Nelson, a diversion proponent, was defeated in April, 2010, by current incumbent Jeff Scrima.