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Kootenai County airport director asks HR to review reclassification of two positions to handle rising workload
Summary
Airport Director Gaston Patterson asked the Board of Commissioners to refer two position reclassifications to human resources so the department can split duties and address increasing grants, leasing and finance workload; no new full-time equivalents were requested and Patterson said the changes would not add cost this fiscal year.
Gaston Patterson, airport director for Kootenai County, asked the Board of Commissioners on June 2 to send two proposed position reclassifications to human resources for review, saying the changes would spread duties currently held by one employee across two roles to handle increased grants, leasing and finance workload.
Patterson described the request as a conversion of currently budgeted positions rather than a request for additional staff. "No additional cost," he told the commissioners, saying the county is already budgeted for a deputy airport director and a compliance administrator and that the proposal…
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