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Supervisors allow limited hiring exemptions, one position per requesting department amid budget review
Summary
Board temporarily exempted one vacancy per department from the hiring freeze, citing some non-general‑fund positions and urgent operational needs, while staff continues budget analysis.
San Benito County supervisors voted May 12 to allow one hiring exemption per department among those that requested relief from a boardwide hiring freeze, while administration completes FY25–26 budget analysis.
Interim CAO Henny Ring reminded the board that on May 6 supervisors had imposed a hiring freeze on funded vacant positions in the FY24–25 budget while staff refined FY25–26 budget assumptions. Several department heads told the board the freeze had interrupted ongoing recruitments or would impede critical operations.
Integrated Waste Director Selena Stottler asked to lift the freeze for two positions funded by the Integrated Waste fund—a staff…
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