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Flathead County OKs temporary dispatcher staffing MOA and approves HR changes amid hiring pressures
Summary
The commissioners approved a memorandum of agreement with AFSCME allowing temporary fully trained dispatchers through a staffing agency to cover summer staffing needs, approved HR transmittals and a position reclassification in Health Department, and received HR metrics showing 59 vacancies and a health-insurance trust fund decline.
Commissioners approved a memorandum of agreement with AFSCME Montana Council 9 that allows the county to bring in temporary, fully trained dispatchers through a temp agency to cover summer staffing gaps and help with scheduling and retention.
Tammy Spermoski, Human Resources, told the board the MOA provides an additional tool to address dispatcher shortages and that the county has been shorthanded in dispatch for some time. “Hopefully, we can get this going…
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