County Work Crews To Expand Operations
The Becker County MN Board of Commissioners approved renewal of a contract with the Minnesota Department of Corrections for the operation of the county’s Sentence to Service (STS) program. Report from Detroit Lakes Online.
The county will continue to employ two part-time STS crew leaders and a quarter-time shared position with Mahnomen County, which will be more than justified by additional work responsibilities that will be assigned to STS.
As explained by Gordon, in an effort to streamline county operations the STS program will be taking on additional duties for the county’s Parks & Recreation and Environmental Services agencies. STS will be absorbing grounds maintenance duties for Parks & Recreation that had previously been handled via 12 separate contracts with other businesses. In addition, STS crews will be providing paint separation and paint can crushing duties for Environmental Services.
Altogether, assigning these jobs to STS is expected to save the county nearly $15,000.