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Pender County manager highlights workforce alignment, proposes targeted admin hires and IT cloud migration
Summary
County staff outlined a workforce alignment phase aimed at fixing pay and classification mismatches and asked commissioners to weigh priority hires, facility custodial additions and a Tyler Cloud migration expected to lower long-run maintenance costs. Commissioners asked staff to prioritize required operational items before approving discretionary hires.
The Pender County Board of Commissioners convened a budget work session focused on preparing a revenue-neutral county budget and prioritizing operating requests, the county manager said. Staff emphasized a workforce alignment initiative that last year adjusted roughly 200 employees and this year will focus on reclassifications and step changes to retain long-serving staff and close recruitment gaps.
The county manager described a staged process for this budget cycle: departments submit enhancements by Jan. 30, the budget committee prioritizes requests, and staff aim to present a balanced recommended budget in time for the board's first June adoption meeting. "We budget conservatively in reval years," staff said, noting a…
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