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County receives gas-tax backfill and proposes laborer hire to bolster highway staffing
Summary
Noble County reported a $220,479.80 MVH gas-tax backfill and plans to add a laborer position (funded from vacancy savings) to create a training pipeline for CDL drivers; a salary-ordinance change will be presented to council.
The county's engineering official reported the state distributed an MVH 'holiday' gas-tax backfill of $220,479.80 and $43,266 to the equipment fund (LRS), which the official said should restore revenue losses within about three months. The official described the distributions as accounting adjustments tied to fuel sales data.
On staffing, the agency official said two new drivers with CDL restrictions started last week and proposed adding a laborer position to the salary ordinance to create a training pipeline that could lead to CDLs and stronger coverage in bad winter conditions. The official said vacancy savings could fund the hire and that the salary-ordinance change will be taken to the county council next Monday.
The board discussed automatic-transmission truck purchases, cross-training, and longer-term needs for an HR director and potential assistant engineer to create redundancy in the engineering program.
