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Boulder transportation director says hiring freeze could affect maintenance; exemptions granted for critical positions
Summary
At its June 9 meeting the Transportation Advisory Board heard that the City of Boulder is under a hiring freeze, Transportation & Mobility has about a 30% vacancy rate and the city granted limited exemptions to fill certain maintenance and operations positions deemed critical.
Valerie Watson, interim director of Transportation and Mobility, told the Transportation Advisory Board on June 9 that the City of Boulder is operating under a hiring freeze that leaves the department with roughly a 30% vacancy rate and that the city has approved limited exemptions to hire for critical maintenance and operations positions. Watson said the vacancies are concentrated in maintenance and seasonal positions — for example snow‑plow and street‑sweeping roles — and that…
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