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While the city of Jamestown's director of public works is leaving his position as he will be enjoying the retirement life after almost 30 years of service
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Jeff Lehman has been working for the city of Jamestown for 29 years, concluding his venture today
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It's been a huge challenge. We've gone through a lot of changes, restructuring of the departments over the years, over the past 30 years
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He's always been there. He's weathered the storm. He's been a constant calming effect
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He always seems to know what to do and he always comes back to us every budget year to buy new toys and trucks and so forth
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Taking over for Lehman will be Mark Rietzer, who's already been with the city for the past 13 years
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It'll be big shoes to fill. Luckily, we have a really good staff at the DVW and Parks Department
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So I'll have a lot of help and Jeff will still be around. He's told me to text him anytime he needs to
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And he's always willing to give advice or point me in the right direction
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In addition, Ben Haskins with the City's Corporation Council will be moving to the Public Defender's Office
