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Highway department staffing changes: new hires and plan to advertise for additional staff
Summary
Walsh County reported internal highway staffing moves, including a promotion and the decision to recruit to fill the resulting vacancy; commissioners directed staff to post openings and to proceed with hiring while discussing nepotism policy clarifications and a part-time transition for a long-time staff member.
Walsh County highway staff reported personnel changes and the commission approved steps to fill openings and begin recruitment.
Staff said Tyrone Denol accepted an in-house promotion (gravel foreman role) and started in the new post; the promotion created an open maintenance-tech position that staff asked permission to fill. Commissioners authorized hiring to fill Tyrone’s former slot and later approved moving forward to advertise and hire the open maintenance position.
Separately, staff discussed a county personnel policy provision referencing the North Dakota Century Code that restricts appointment of certain relatives to positions under an elected or appointed official’s direct control. Commissioners asked for clarification about whether the nepotism language applied at the foreman or department-head level; county HR and the county attorney’s office will advise if needed. Commissioners indicated they were comfortable proceeding with internal hires so long as proper hiring procedures (interviews, background checks, skills testing) are followed.
Administration also reported that a long-time administrative employee (Sandy/Tammy — name referenced in the discussion) plans to move to another role in June and staff requested permission to advertise for a replacement and to retain the departing employee on a part-time basis (about 20 hours per week) to assist training. Commissioners approved proceeding to post the full-time vacancy and to begin recruitment; specifics of part-time arrangements and overtime/benefits were left to staff and HR to finalize.
