The Board of Supervisors authorized two additional positions in the county's Information Technology department after the personnel committee reviewed an external staffing analysis and recommended expansion.

County staff told the committee and board that the IT department currently has three full-time positions (one vacancy due to retirement) to support nearly 250 county employees and critical systems. A staffing study produced by a contracted firm recommended an immediate increase of three roles in the short term (administrative coordinator, tier-1 tech support, public-safety support specialist and a security specialist), and the personnel committee recommended funding two additional positions from a $250,000 IT reserve put in the fiscal 2025 budget.

On the personnel committee's recommendation, the board voted to authorize two positions for fiscal year 202526, with the motion carried following a roll-call voice vote. The committee had earlier voted unanimously to authorize the positions; the board recorded the motion and the vote at the meeting.

Officials said one of the recommended job functions could be combined with an existing vacancy and that staff will monitor public-safety needs as the new public-safety building opens and evaluate whether further hires will be necessary.