Pictured left to right are Zac Johnson, Gallatin City Administrator, who received an MPUA award recently, with Richard Shockley, MJMEUC Chair and Lebanon Public Works Director.
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A statewide organization of municipal utilities has presented its Jack Swearingen “Seven Hats” Award to Zac Johnson, Gallatin City Administrator. The award, given by the Missouri Public Utility Alliance (MPUA), recognizes an individual for special skills in many responsibilities involved in serving a municipal utility with no more than 2,500 electric meters.
“Zac Johnson has displayed the kinds of remarkable talent and flexibility most needed in those who administer the utilities in smaller municipalities,” said Duncan Kincheloe, CEO of the Missouri Public Utility Alliance. “Because of leaders like Zac, cities the size of Gallatin often are our best showcases for the kind of service, reliability and community pride shown by locally–controlled, not-for-profit municipal utilities.”
Since 2005, Johnson has capably worn the array of hats common to city administrators in smaller communities. On any given day, this may mean being called on to perform in roles ranging from chief financial officer to zoning administrator, human resource manager, or an occasional fill-in snowplow operator.
During Johnson’s time as City Administrator, Gallatin has completed a $2.9 million wastewater project, including a new treatment plant and expanded collection system. The city is now planning to construct a new $4.6 million water treatment plant, with construction slated to begin in 2016.
Johnson is also involved in leadership and board roles with a variety of local and regional groups, including the board of the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission, and chairing that commission’s Transportation Advisory Committee.
MPUA’s annual awards are made in recognition of achievement and distinction among professional peers with Missouri’s municipal utilities.