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As the private sector job market tightens in Maricopa County, where the unemployment rate has nearly doubled since April 2024’s 2.5%, the City of Scottsdale is looking to fill scores of openings.

At its Oct. 21 meeting, City Council was asked to address an ongoing condition: “chronic vacancies in police communications, water operations and water maintenance positions.”

Part of the solution, City Manager Greg Caton pitched, is allowing him to pay more.

He asked – and received, by unanimous vote – “compensation adjustments” for dispatchers, supervisors, treatment plant operators, electricians and technicians.

Those people who answer when you call 911? Big shortage around here, according to Caton’s presentation.

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