Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
ITD seeks targeted pay increases, cites high turnover and training costs for frontline maintenance staff
Summary
ITD requested targeted CEC increases and described frontline turnover, recruitment of 53 new positions, and costs/time needed to train maintenance hires (CDL, equipment operations). Lawmakers asked how pay hikes would affect retention and budget equity.
The Idaho Transportation Department requested a targeted cost‑of‑compensation (CEC) increase intended to raise pay across maintenance horizontal career paths by $2.50 per hour and identified recruitment and retention of frontline maintenance staff as a pressing operational issue.
ITD told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the targeted CEC would affect transportation maintenance staff — the department cited a proposal affecting roughly 505 positions (transportation technicians and team leaders) and said the requested $2.50 lift would move the entire step chart upward to avoid compression…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
