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County engineer proposes new road-department safety coordinator and office-administrator reclassification
Summary
Clay Phillips asked commissioners to approve posting a new Road Department Safety Coordinator (paygrade 20) with a partial-year cost estimate of about $26,000 and proposed reclassifying the office manager position to an office administrator effective Oct. 1, 2026; postings and pay changes will require legal and payroll review and, for safety coordinator, a budget amendment.
Clay Phillips, St. Clair County's engineer, proposed at the June 4 work session the creation of a Road Department Safety Coordinator position (paygrade 20) to lead safety training, monitoring, and implementation of detailed work-order practices for road and bridge crews.
"This position will be responsible for safety training, safety monitoring, coordinating safety meetings, implementing and inspecting the safety practices of the road crews and shop personnel," Phillips said, adding that the position would accompany crew foremen to perform inventory checks and that his estimate for the remainder of the fiscal year is roughly $26,000.
Phillips said posting the job would depend on county‑attorney and payroll review; the commission discussed placing the position and an associated budget amendment on the upcoming regular meeting agenda for formal approval.
On staffing in administration, Phillips proposed reclassifying the office manager to an office administrator (paygrade 20) effective Oct. 1, 2026, and asked to post a vacant base‑crew foreman position. Commissioners and staff noted the timing needs coordination with budget preparations and with county payroll and legal review.
Why it matters: the change reflects the county's effort to centralize safety oversight and to adjust administrative duties in advance of broader software and process changes staff plan to implement.
What comes next: staff will prepare a job description, route it to payroll and the county attorney for review, and place the positions and any required budget amendment on the next meeting agenda for formal action.
