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Wright County supervisors rescind posting for truck-driver job; engineer directed to restructure internally
Summary
The Board rescinded last week’s motion to post a truck-driver vacancy publicly and directed the Wright County Engineer to restructure within Secondary Roads and consult HR counsel before future postings.
The Wright County Board of Supervisors voted to rescind last week’s motion to open a public posting for a truck-driver position in the Secondary Roads department and directed County Engineer Adam Clemons to restructure staffing internally.
Clemons told the board he had reviewed the county handbook and could not find a mandatory 10-day internal-only posting requirement, and said his office historically had posted vacancies in the courthouse and other media for a minimum of 10 days. He asked whether the board still wanted an internal posting; after discussion about staffing priorities and budget constraints the board voted to rescind the earlier action and to allow department-level reassignments to fill the role for now.
Supervisor Betty Ellis and other board members said they wanted the engineer to work with the county’s HR attorney, Mike Galloway, to ensure any reassignments did not negatively affect employee rights. Clemons said he would consult Galloway before making personnel changes and that the county would keep the handbook committee informed if language needs to be updated.
The board’s direction is operational: Clemons said the department would reassign employees as needed to preserve priority services (snow removal, granular program) and would revisit a formal posting if the board decides to replace or expand positions later. The board recorded the motion to rescind and approved it by voice vote (“all ayes”).
Related personnel actions recorded earlier in the meeting included motions that carried appointing Samuel Kane as a deputy sheriff and appointing Chloe Cherry as a process server; the transcript records those appointments as carried but does not show individual vote tallies in the public minutes.
The board’s action preserves the county’s ability to manage staffing inside Secondary Roads while staff and legal counsel review posting policy and potential handbook revisions.
