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Cheektowaga highway engineer role, staffing and hires draw sharp questions from board
Summary
Council members asked for financial and contract detail before memorializing the highway engineer arrangement that has been in practice for years and pushed back on multiple highway hiring resolutions; a proposed resolution to formalize the existing practice was tabled.
On April 22 town council members questioned a resolution that would formally memorialize the practice of the engineering department employee performing highway engineering duties.
Council members said the town has relied on a principal engineering assistant to support highway projects for years, but they asked for explicit budget lines, overtime comparisons and contract analysis before formally designating the role. Council member Diane Benjkowski (spelling in record varies) cited New York Highway Law §140(19) — which allows a highway superintendent to employ…
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