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ITD seeks targeted pay increases, 53 new frontline positions to reduce turnover and close skills gaps
Summary
ITD told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee it added 53 frontline highway positions and is requesting targeted pay increases (targeted CEC) for maintenance staff to improve retention and reduce costs of repeated training.
The Idaho Transportation Department told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee it is pursuing both additional frontline positions and targeted compensation increases to reduce high turnover among maintenance staff and to preserve institutional knowledge.
ITD said the Legislature approved 53 new maintenance positions last year to shore up district operations; the department said it has recruited about half of those positions so far. "We added 53 positions to our staff, all in district, frontline operational type positions," Director Scott Stokes said. "We're right at near 50 positions recruited." Stokes also said the department is still carrying roughly 60 to 70 vacancies overall and…
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