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Emery County reviews highway budget, considers $2-per-hour raise to retain road crews
Summary
Commissioners reviewed Tab 29 and a set of highway budget requests Friday, including a proposed $2 hourly pay increase countywide in the road department to counter outside recruitment and a string of capital and maintenance needs for chip-and-seal, cattle guards and crusher dust control.
Emery County commissioners on Friday examined the highway and landfill portions of the draft 2025 budget and heard a request to increase road-department wages by $2 per hour to retain experienced workers amid outside offers.
A road department representative described repeated recruitment threats, saying, "Somebody had stopped and offered 4 of my guys $40 an hour," and told commissioners the raise would apply to all full‑time employees in the department. He and staff estimated the…
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