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Payson council presses staff for detailed contract spending history as engineering positions remain unfilled
Summary
Councilmembers pressed staff for historic invoices and options after hearing that engineering and specialized public works positions have been hard to fill, and that contract firms are being used as stopgaps at significant cost.
Councilmembers pressed town staff on June 3 for a clearer accounting of how much the town spends on contract employees and consultants, after hearing that several engineering-related positions (including town engineer and plan-review staff) remain vacant and have been covered by consultants.
Staff said the town advertises hard-to-fill positions, offers recruitment bonuses and has used an executive recruitment firm (Duffy Group) to broaden outreach into the Southwest. Despite those steps, staffreported recruitment for civil…
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