(KLZA)--The Falls City Council has approved hiring Raymond Lurhing to be the next City Utility Superintendent. 

The Board of Public Works recommended hiring Lurhing for the position.  He will replace Alan Romine who is retiring as Utility Superintendent in February. 

Lurhing, who grew up in  Auburn, told the Council that he was looking forward to moving back to Nebraska. He said in the past year he has been looking for job opportunities in eastern Nebraska, noting his kids live in Omaha and Columbus. 

Lurhing is currently the General Manager of the Utility Department in Clarksdale, Mississippi, a town of about 17,000. 

He worked for seven years with the Nebraska Public Power District, moved to Iowa Power then managed the utility department in Fulton, Missouri. He has also served as General Manager of a utility company in California.

Lurhing also mentioned he had started his career as a maintenance electrician at the Gerald Gentleman Power Plant in Nebraska and has experience in managing line work.