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Sanford HR director warns department is understaffed; requests administrative hire to expand training and records work
Summary
Human resources staff told commissioners the HR office has about three full‑time employees (plus risk management support) for roughly 600 city employees and requested an additional administrative position to support training, policy updates and digitization.
Sharon, the city's human resources director, told the commission the HR office is operating with very limited staffing while citywide workforce management needs have grown.
"We have 600 employees, approximately. In human resources? Yes. We have a total of 3 FTEs," Sharon said during the July 10 work session. She outlined a list of unmet tasks, including rewriting employee policies that date to the 1990s, expanding in‑person and career-path…
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