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Public Works manager says hiring since 2025 boosted diversity but cautions pause amid hiring freeze
Summary
Public Works reported it filled 89 positions since January 2025, with external hires improving racial and gender representation; the department now counts about 59 vacancies and said a hiring pause will slow progress as it enters the budget season.
Cleon Cawley, general manager for Public Works, told the New Castle County Public Works Committee on April 7 that the department has made measurable gains in diversity since the administration took office in January 2025.
"Let me say this clearly, the concerns that are raised for us are real. I do not dismiss them. I acknowledge them," Cawley said as he opened a detailed hiring update. He said the department was down about 67 positions when the administration began and "since then, we have filled 89 positions." Cawley added that 39 of those were internal promotions and 50 were external hires intended to…
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