His occupation is... Plant Administrator, Water Pollution Control Division

He's been with the City for… 22 years. Brian started in the Engineering Designer series as a Plant Engineer then was promoted to Wastewater Plant Superintendent and is now the administrator.

Brian is the person who… is charged with planning, directing and coordinating wastewater treatment, facility management and personnel administration for Akron’s award-winning, 90 million gallon per day, wastewater treatment facility. During his tenure, the staff has been reduced from 120 to 42, but continues to maintain an exemplary 99.93% compliance rating.

As a result of the reengineering of the division, Brian has been involved in much of the day-to-day operational activity including regulatory compliance, personnel requisitions, etc. He also oversees the wastewater quality laboratory, industrial pretreatment program, and the $6 million dollar annual compost facility operating agreement.

And, Brian is ‘green’, finding environmentally-friendly solutions. Instrumental in starting a program to treat landfill leachate, his work helped the City gain $500,000.00 in annual revenue. Now he’s working with an entrepreneur to grow high-lipid algae in wastewater to produce biodiesel fuel. He has been a part of a number of energy projects including the anaerobic digestion facility (generating enough power for 350 homes), and installation of the 1.1 megawatt generator to produce electricity fueled by methane gas from the now-closed Hardy Road Landfill.

What does he enjoy most about the job? "This a very dynamic environment. The flow of…waste…here can triple in a matter of 30 minutes. We have to be ready to deal with the unexpected. I enjoy working with some very good people, both at the plant and across the City. Our success is from each and every WPC Division employee stepping up to do whatever is necessary," says Brian.

Brian is also... married with two daughters and a son. He says he moonlights as a taxi driver for his kids.

When he has time… He tries to get to the gym. He also enjoys throwing the baseball with his son, and watching his daughter excel at swimming. "Also very important to me," he says, "is the time we spend just sitting down together and eating dinner as a family."