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Commission approves cybersecurity, building‑services and budget‑office positions after hearings
Summary
The board approved a new information security engineer, seven community‑development building‑services positions (prioritizing two structural inspectors and one plumbing/mechanical inspector) and an additional performance and budget analyst; commissioners discussed vacancies, recruitment challenges and pay competitiveness.
Doña Ana County commissioners approved several staffing additions on March 10 to respond to cybersecurity threats, increased permitting workloads and to internalize strategic‑planning functions.
IT Director Kenny Klush described a surge in cyber activity — "700,000 threat hits a day" to the network — and asked for a higher‑level information…
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