Anchorage’s local public health authority saw a 36.6% staff vacancy rate in July, with 53 unfilled positions.
in the controller division, the city in February entered into contracts with private firms for up to $2 million in professional accounting services to accomplish work usually done by city staff.
“We continue to try to recruit, try to advertise, get our name out there, remain competitive in the market and do the best that we can,” Rash told members of the committee during her most recent report, onThe city’s public health authority has wide breadth of duties: It oversees food and health permits and inspections, child care center licensing and inspections, runs Animal Care and Control, distributes WIC benefits, performs air quality monitoring, epidemiology and disease surveillance, and...
Michelle Fehribach, spokeswoman for the department, said the staffing issues haven’t kept it from getting its usual grants.“However, we haven’t been able to seek out or apply for new grant opportunities due to staffing limitations,” she said. Higher vacancy rates have persisted for months now, climbing well over 20% in early 2022 and crossing above 30% that fall. The rate has stayed above 30% since, between 32% and 36% each month.
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