Borough reorganizes utility department head roles

In a strategic move to support management of critical services for the community, Petersburg Borough has made structural revisions to its utility departments, reorganizing responsibilities and reverting to a former leadership model.

This change was made as Utility Director Karl Hagerman -who has overseen the borough's power, water, and sewer departments since 2018- plans to retire in 2026.

In the past, the Public Works Director managed the water, sewer, roads, sanitation and motor pool divisions under the public works department. At that time, power was managed separately by a dedicated power...