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Commissioners approve six-month term contract for traffic engineer after prolonged vacancy; one commissioner opposes
Summary
The board authorized a term contract with Wallace Montgomery not to exceed $68,640 for an on-site traffic engineer up to two days a week for six months while the county continues to recruit a permanent hire. The motion passed 4'to—2 amid debate about understaffing and aging traffic data.
The Board of Carroll County Commissioners authorized the Bureau of Engineering to use a term contract with Wallace Montgomery for an on-site traffic engineer for up to two days a week for a maximum total not to exceed $68,640, and required monthly updates on recruitment and workload.
Public works and engineering staff said the county's traffic-engineer position has been vacant since March 2020 and that an on-site consultant has filled the gap since November 2021. Staff…
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