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Oneida County committee weighs four-day workweek for highway crews amid mixed cost projections
Summary
Highway staff presented multi-year data comparing a four-day/ten-hour schedule to a five-day/eight-hour workweek; staff projected modest to negligible additional county costs under some assumptions, while committee members urged further review by finance before any change.
Highway Commissioner Alex Hegeman and Highway Department staff outlined analyses Feb. 5 comparing a four-day/ten-hour workweek and a traditional five-day/eight-hour schedule for winter storm response, prompting committee requests for additional finance review before a policy change.
The presentation, led by Hegeman and data analyst Dan Gleason, used winter-storm-hour records beginning in 2018 and averages of mobilization, call pay and overtime to model costs. Gleason said the state historically covered roughly 59.3% of storm wages and benefits, with the county covering 40.7%. He presented multiple scenarios: one projection using recent averages estimated a…
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