Jerry Baker has a big job in a small town.As the only full-time city employee in Greenleaf, Kansas, Baker is responsible for water production, wastewater treatment, maintaining the water distribution and wastewater collection systems, mowing grass, repairing streets and much more. In summer he has a helper, but otherwise he’s on his own.Recently Baker saved the city substantial money by doing all the work to connect the Greenleaf Water system to the Washington County Rural Water District, so the water could be blended to comply with nitrate limits.A few years earlier, he helped the city obtain a state grant to
























