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Rockingham County commissioners approve added staff to support foster-care caseload after pay study
Summary
Chair Houston Barrow said the board unanimously approved additional positions to support the county's foster-care workload after Assistant County Manager Derek Southern presented a county market pay study; the transcript does not specify the number of new positions.
Chair Houston Barrow said the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a request for additional county positions to support its foster-care workload after Assistant County Manager Derek Southern presented a county market pay study.
Barrow told the board they "had the opportunity to hear from assistant county manager, Derek Southern. He presented us with our county market pay study and with the request for additional positions for our department of circ services." Barrow said the board "approved unanimously the request to help these positions." The transcript does not specify how many positions were requested or approved.
The county also used the recap to press a public outreach point: Barrow urged residents to consider fostering, saying, "If you or anyone you know would be interested in helping us by becoming foster parents, please reach out to the county." The county did not provide a hiring timeline, salary details, or a breakdown of funding sources in the recorded recap.
The board's recap of this item appeared as part of a short video update; the board did not state individual roll-call votes in the recording. The next regular meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 5 in the Commissioners' Chambers; the county said meetings are streamed on its website and YouTube.
