The Unified Government currently is adding staff to process motor vehicle paperwork, according to UG officials.
At a Monday night UG committee meeting, Administrator Doug Bach said he had authorized staff to be increased in the Treasurer’s department. He said a few weeks ago, some of the staff started to leave the department.
He said the department is not yet back up to full staffing. Putting on more staff could bring the department above budget, however.
In answer to a commissioner’s question, he said that the department does use part-time and temporary employees.
If there are other UG employees who have been previously trained in title work, an effort also may be made to have them share some of the workload during part of the day, he said.
Commissioner Jim Walters said he had been contacted by residents and he was interested in if the department plans to offer extended hours on weekdays, or Saturday hours to get outside of normal operating business hours. He said there was a very short window in the day for people to get their name on the list of people to be served, and that extended hours would be helpful to people who have to take off work to get their licenses taken care of.
The UG also recently announced in its newsletter that the annex at 8200 State Ave. and the Treasurer’s Office downtown would be closed on Monday, Oct. 13, for off-site training for office staff. Normal business hours will resume Tuesday, Oct. 14.
The UG has posted the job vacancy for the fiscal support assistant position, who handles motor vehicle items, on its website at www.wycokck.org.