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Valley County road department presents Road Scholar awards, highlights leadership training
Summary
At the Aug. 20 meeting, Chaney Rhodes of the road department presented Road Scholar and Road Master awards to several Valley County road employees and reviewed ongoing training opportunities, including a six-class leadership program and a Sept. 11 flagger course in Boise.
Chaney Rhodes of the Valley County road department presented Road Scholar/Road Master awards and described upcoming training opportunities during the Valley County Board of Commissioners' Aug. 20 morning meeting.
"It's a privilege for us to be able to come up here and give awards," Rhodes said, thanking commissioners for budgeting time and travel for employees to attend trainings. Rhodes noted the department has five road masters and emphasized that training does not end after completing the road master curriculum: "The leadership program is a series of 6 classes. There is an elective also that's, that we will, do a couple dry runs this year." He said the leadership curriculum functions as both leadership and professional development and encouraged employees to attend subsequent classes.
Rhodes also pointed commissioners and staff to the September class schedule posted on the program website, and mentioned a flagger training scheduled in Boise on Sept. 11. Several road employees were recognized and gathered for photographs. Named attendees receiving awards included Jeff Scott, Tim Zorachenko, Steve Musgraves, Chris (last name as spoken: Maroo), and Gage (last name not specified); Craig Gosselin and "Mark" were mentioned as not present.
Rhodes thanked the board for budgeting and allowing employees the time to travel for the training. "Please have them attend those classes when they come up," Rhodes said; he added the department will pilot a new elective, "creating a culture of accountability," with Ada County Highway District employees to beta-test the content.
The presentation focused on training and recognition; no formal board action or vote was recorded for the awards segment.
