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Jan. 6, 2011
The county commissioners heard an update report on Tuesday morning from Garrett County Roads Department personnel. Since county officials are preparing the fiscal year 2012 budget, general roads superintendent Jay Moyer’s report centered around budgetary issues.
He presented the commissioners with personnel overtime data.
“We like to track that as much as we can,” Moyer said about winter operations overtime.
By the end of last winter’s record-breaking snowfall, county road crews had logged in 23,000 man hours of overtime pay.
“So far this winter, we’re at 4,500 hours of overtime,” Moyer said.
The superintendent said the department tries to hold overtime down as much as possible through work scheduling. He noted that crews may arrive at work earlier than normal, at 5 a.m., to clear snowy roads for school buses. Road conditions are evaluated at about 1:30 p.m. If the superintendent feels they are in good enough shape for buses to transport students back home, then road crews end their shift. If not, workers have to work overtime to keep the roads clear for the buses and other motorists.
