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County official: funds exist for crossing guards but the jobs remain unfilled
Summary
A county director said funds are budgeted for crossing guards but the county is struggling to recruit people to fill the positions, calling the shortage a staffing problem rather than a budgetary issue.
A county director said Williamson County has budgeted funds for crossing guards but cannot fill the positions despite the money being available.
“We we have money budgeted for crossing guards already. We just can't fill the positions. That's the problem. The money is there,” the director said during a staff update.
The comments indicate the county’s constraint is personnel recruitment rather than a lack of funding. The transcript did not specify reasons for the hiring difficulty, how many positions are vacant, or a timeline or plan to resolve recruitment challenges.
The statement was delivered alongside other operational updates, including remarks on the Ag Park and septic-task-force considerations; no formal board action was recorded in the transcript regarding crossing-guard staffing.
