Commissioners keep environmental-services tech slot amid staffing shuffle

Jul 28, 2026

The board agreed to retain a tech/clerk position in Environmental Services that became vacant when an FTE moved from the surveyor’s office; commissioners debated coverage of clerical duties and whether other agencies could take on septic responsibilities.

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Commissioners reviewed a consent-agenda item that would fill a vacant tech/clerk position in Environmental Services created when an FTE moved from the surveyor’s office. Staff explained Michelle Bert absorbed the transferred FTE and her prior tech role is now vacant; the plan presented to the board was to refill that tech/clerk role rather than reduce total FTEs.

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