Director of Mo-DOT Seeking Raises for Employees

(MISSOURINET) – State agencies are trying to make their cases to lawmakers that write the budget to fund their needs, and that includes the Missouri Department of Transportation. Director Patrick McKenna told budget committee member Deb Lavender during a hearing Tuesday about the high cost of recruiting new Mo-DOT employees and keeping the ones they currently have:

McKenna also responded, when asked by Lavender, that it costs Mo-DOT more to recruit and retain employees than it would to give them raises. Meanwhile, Governor Parson is proposing an 8-point-7-percent pay raise for all state workers that would take effect in March if approved by lawmakers.