Backhoe Rodeo Competition 
Backhoe Rodeo Competition 
A team of Water Resources employees competed in the Eastern Water and Wastewater Network Backhoe Rodeo at the Bell Arthur Water Corporation Operations Center on October 19th.  This annual event gives equipment operators from Eastern North Carolina the opportunity to display their talents in...
Shawn Adams Retires
Shawn Adams Retires
Overhead (OH) Construction Crew Leader Shawn Adams recently retired after 29 years of service with GUC. He supervised one of our OH Construction Crews that build electric lines “from scratch,” and work on all major projects involving overhead lines. For example, if a new development project is under...
Cityworks and CCS Project Updates
Cityworks and CCS Project Updates
The project to replace Oracle’s Work & Asset Management (WAM) and Mobile Workforce Management (MWM) systems with Cityworks continues to move along with the following phases or “Task Orders” (TO). TO-02 Global Configuration This phase wrapped up in early October and involved employees from Water...
October 2023 Board Notes
October 2023 Board Notes
Electric The Board of Commissioners approved moving forward with two solar panel-related items previously discussed in September. First, is an opportunity for customers to participate in a 500 kW Community Solar Project. Customers may subscribe for up to five panels for a monthly fee. Next, they...
Safety Survey Results
Safety Survey Results
What is one way you get better at something? Ask questions and really listen to the answers. That’s what we did this year to figure out how to make our safety culture better. Back in the spring, GUC asked all employees to participate in an Organizational Cultural Diagnostic Instrument (OCDI) survey...