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County to bid paving amid 18‑position shortfall; committee approves temporary flagger hire and awards culvert bid
Summary
DPW told the committee it is down roughly 18 positions and will bid out paving work; the county awarded a box‑culvert contract worth $77,880 and approved using breakage funds to hire one seasonal flagger with a sunset to avoid permanent staffing increases.
Department of Public Works staff told the committee they will put paving out to bid this summer after bids returned at roughly the same price as in‑house work and the department reported a substantial staffing shortfall.
"We have so because of from the budget time, we've got 2 less foreman, 3 less teamsters, and we have 6 fewer flaggers," DPW (Deb) said, adding that seven teamster…
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