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Commissioners direct staff to split county engineer and public works director roles, seek updated job descriptions
Summary
After months of a vacant engineering post, the board asked county HR and interim public works leadership to draft separate job descriptions for a county engineer and a public works director and return for formal approval.
The Wallowa County Board of County Commissioners directed interim Public Works leadership and human resources to prepare new, separate job descriptions for a county engineer and a public works director and return to the board for final approval.
Interim Public Works Director Dan Mack and HR manager Josh Griffith asked the board to separate the previously combined director/engineer post. Staff said the vacancy in the county engineer role has persisted for months with few qualified applicants and that the county’s ability to secure federal and state project funding depends on having an on‑staff licensed engineer who…
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