County engineer requests assistant position; board approves payroll changes

Sep 8, 2026

The county engineer asked to add an assistant county engineer position back into his budget and not to backfill a recently retired mechanic; the board approved payroll change notices after the engineer explained staffing plans and outsourcing of large repairs.

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The county engineer (Al) told the board that his department currently has three full-time mechanics after a recent retirement and that he requests reinstating an assistant county engineer position in the budget, noting the position had been budgeted in prior years but removed earlier this year to lower internal service costs.

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