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Council approves hiring-exemption requests and adopts personnel-related agreements
Summary
Monroe County Council voted unanimously to allow exemptions from the hiring freeze for the auditor (internal auditor), parks (seasonal/part-time), and highway/stormwater equipment operator, and approved a new highway collective bargaining agreement and extensions of personnel-related pauses through Dec. 31, 2026.
Monroe County Council on Dec. 16 approved several personnel actions aimed at maintaining core operations during a constrained budget period, granting unanimous votes on multiple hiring-exemption requests and a new highway collective-bargaining agreement.
The auditor asked the council to exempt an internal-auditor position from the county hiring freeze, describing it as a “specialized position” and an “added layer of control” that supports audits, budgets and internal reporting. The council approved that request 6-0.
The council also approved the parks department’s…
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