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ITD seeks targeted pay increases, reports hiring progress for new maintenance staff
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Idaho Transportation Department requested a targeted career‑ladder pay increase and updated the committee on recruitment after receiving 53 new frontline positions last year; lawmakers probed retention, training and competing local wages.
The Idaho Transportation Department asked the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee to approve targeted wage adjustments for maintenance employees and described progress hiring new frontline staff approved in last year’s budget.
Brooke Dupree, Legislative Services Office analyst, said the Highway Operations Division received 53 new frontline positions last year. Director Scott Stokes told the committee ITD had recruited roughly 50 of the 53 positions and that department‑wide vacancies stood “at about 60 to 70 vacancies,” which Stokes characterized as relatively low for a department of ITD’s…
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