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County board approves refilling engineering technician and half‑time office manager positions
Summary
After staff outlined vacancies and grant-funded work, the Rock County board approved refilling an engineering technician and a half-time office manager (1.5 FTE) to handle growing workload tied to conservation and grant programs.
The Rock County Board approved a motion to refill a vacated engineering technician position and to add a half-time office manager (total 1.5 full-time-equivalent positions).
Assistant director Arland Gerken reviewed the county office’s organizational chart and said the engineering tech vacancy arose when a staffer was promoted; he also announced a forthcoming resignation by office manager Sheila Rock, who is relocating out of state. Gerken summarized typical annual revenues (approximately $30,000 in permits and fees), several grant sources (including a SCORE grant of about $86,000 and an MDA grant of roughly $6,000), and larger administered programs such as a Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCCP) expected to provide roughly $900,000 in administered funds across 2027–2028. He told the board the inflow of grant-funded work has increased staff workload and that demand for services (wetland conservation, drainage reviews, CREP easements and cover-crop programs) is likely to rise.
Board members moved and seconded a request to refill the engineering technician slot and the half-time office manager post; the motion passed by voice vote. Staff indicated the engineering tech position would be grant-funded where possible and that filling the office manager vacancy was needed to maintain administrative continuity.
The board asked staff to proceed with hiring steps and to return with recommended job postings and timelines; staff will coordinate the recruitment process and funding source assignments.
