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Iron County approves promotion as road department reports steep staffing shortfall
Summary
The Iron County Commission approved promoting Trevor Johnson to a lead operator role after Public Works Director Bruce Anderson warned the road department is down roughly eight workers and has lost dozens of employees since 2023.
The Iron County Commission on Monday approved the promotion of a road employee, citing an acute staffing shortage in the county road department.
Public Works Director Bruce Anderson told commissioners the department’s roster currently lists 15 employees; the budgeted complement is 23. Anderson said 21 employees have left since 2023 and that the remaining crew is struggling to maintain several subdivisions’ roads and major routes. He asked the commission to approve a promotion to fill an existing operational vacancy.
“There's 15 people on our roster right now. We should have 20. We just got approved for 3 more this this, last budget season. So we need 23. So that means we're down 8 people,” Bruce Anderson said. He added that several subdivisions and…
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