You will probably see an article in
tomorrow's “Daily Star” about a county-wide “hiring freeze.”
In fact, if you routinely get the “Breaking News!” e-mails from
the “Star,” you've already seen it.
The truth is, there has been a “hiring
freeze” in place since 2008. It's easy to get around, and we've
gotten around it now for seven years. The current “freeze,”
emerging from Donny Lindberg's Budget Committee, essentially adds the
Administration Committee, and the full Board in some cases, to the
current process for filling vacancies. Currently, the parent
committees need to approve filling any vacant position, and some of
them need to go to the full Board. From now on, this process will
require the approval of the Administration Committee and the full
Board as well (Corrections is excluded, as we are required by law to
maintain a certain staffing level in the jail).
So Otsego County has not stopped
filling vacancies; it's just made the process of filling vacancies
harder and longer, and given more people a chance to scrutinize each
request. And there's no sunset clause, so this will no doubt be the
process for some time.
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