05-19-2008 Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

Attachment J Cass County Highway Department Staffing Discussion May 2008 During the last week in April the Purchasing alld Inventory Manager and an equipment operator from the Buffalo Shop resigned. I'm seeking the Commission's concurrence with Inaking some staffing changes in an effort to reduce our salary costs. I've rewritten the position analysis questionnaire (P AQ) fl.)r the purchasing and inventory manager and re-titlcd it as a purchasing and a<.;counting technician. I would like to fill this position \vith an internal employee promotion. 1 would also like to combine the duties principal secretary from the higtn.vay department with the seasonal secretary lhHn the vector department and use one person to cover these duties. I also recommend not filling the vacant operator position in the Buffalo shop at this time. I recommend that we cover the blading of those roads with existing staff fl.)r the immediate future and review the possibility ofrevising our blade routes to permanently reduce the number of motor graders we use. I have also not filled the position vacated by an operator who retired in 2007 and recommend that we not tm that position. I don't believe the department is currently overstaffed, but I do believe the financial times we arc facing in the highway business dictate that we nnd ways to do more with Jess even when it means reducing the level of service on our lower volume roads. SVG(;ESTED MOTION: Approve revised PAQ and recommended staffing plan.