Employees at the Marshall County Highway Department will start working four, 10-hour days during the summer months.
Highway Superintendent Jason Peters discussed the change with the Marshall County Commissioners on Monday morning.
“We’re going to start that this week and see how it goes on a trial basis,” explained Peters. “A lot of that was based upon overtime which usually comes after 2:30 p.m. for an additional hour or hour-and-a-half or so. I think it’ll help tremendously on that part of it.”
Peters said the discussions began pre-COVID-19, but the schedule couldn’t begin until after the county opened up to all employees.
Commission President Kevin Overmyer said that many other county highway departments operate on that type of schedule as they believe more work can be done in a single day.
Peters added that crews are currently working on berming, ditching, cutting brush and patching potholes. Prep work is ongoing to prepare for paving projects and calcium is being applied to gravel roads. Crews are also finishing up the reclaiming process this week.
