Jefferson County commissioners have repealed a resolution adopted during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic that placed restrictions on hiring workers for new positions or filling positions …
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Jefferson County commissioners have repealed a resolution adopted during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic that placed restrictions on hiring workers for new positions or filling positions that had gone vacant.
Last April, commissioners approved a resolution that required any new hires to go before the county administrator for review and approval.
The resolution was set to expire at the end of the county’s 2020-2021 budget biennium.
Interim County Administrator Mark McCauley and Andy Rowlson, the county’s human resources manager, asked commissioners to repeal the hiring resolution passed last year.
County officials have noted that more is now known about the pandemic’s impact on the county’s budget, and say the financial hit has been less severe than initially expected.
Revenue projects for the 2021 budget year also support the county’s ability to make hiring decisions that were in this year’s budget when it was adopted.
Commissioners agreed to repeal the hiring restrictions at their meeting last week.
Jefferson County will now return to its routine process for approving and filling vacant county positions.
