WARREN — With the addition of new dispatchers hired Wednesday, the Trumbull County 911 Center is closer to being fully staffed.
The center was down six employees and is still down three, but following an application and interview period, two or three people may receive offers in addition to the three hired in the last few weeks, said Richard Jackson, director of human resources for the county.
“There are two coming down the pipeline we want to make offers to, but we are waiting on their background checks,” Jackson said.
Turnover at the center led to staffing shortages that increased overtime and put pressure on the remaining dispatchers. Though the center is authorized to have 33 dispatchers, there were 27 on staff until Wednesday.
“There will be a six-month intensive training program, and we should be up to full staffing soon,” said Ernie Cook, director of the 911 center.
The center lost employees to health issues, or to other dispatching centers that paid more, Cook said previously.
“We will interview and hire until we get the numbers we need,” Jackson said.
Commissioners approved the hiring of Matthew Yankush and Laura Lumpkin at the starting rate of $13.40 per hour.
Cook said the staffing issues were exacerbated by medical leave employees were taking, but health issues are to be expected as the workforce ages. Now, one employee is out with a health issue and another left to go on disability.
In other business, commissioners:
l Appointed Tiffany Streeter, Mark Ragozine and Michael Hanshaw to the Workforce Development Board;
l Granted the engineer permission to close Orangeville Kinsman Road south of Milligan East Road in Vernon Township from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2 for culvert repair, and to close Tibbetts Wick Road between state Route 193 and and Pleasant Valley / Keefer Road in Liberty Township for culvert replacement;
l Accepted a $206,081
maintenance bond from Rudzik Excavating Inc. for the Belmont Park Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project;
l Authorized the planning commission to mail request for price proposal packets to home sewage treatment system installers for the county / Ohio EPA home sewage treatment improvement program;
l Issued a notice to proceed to Murray Septic and Excavating to replace six home sewage treatment systems for $73,949;
l Raised the limit the county can spend on legal services from Delbene, LaPolla and Thomas from $5,000 to $7,500 at $250 an hour for representation in negotiations to handle sanitary sewer service arrangements in Lordstown for the new battery plant being constructed;
l Approved a one-year contract between Newton Township and the sheriff’s office for 24 hours of weekly police services at $49,000 a year .
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