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Iokepa-Moses said officials are investigating whether they can use temporary workers to fill in under emergency proclamations from the governor and mayor.
The county’s planned transfer station closures allow workers to rotate among several stations as they’re opened. While the department is always recruiting, it’s not necessarily short-staffed under normal conditions, she said. “We’re following those appropriate protocols and we’re feeling it,” Iokepa-Moses said. That starts a weeklong process of testing and quarantine before they can come back to work. Workers have been calling in sick, either because they don’t feel well, or they’ve been in contact with someone who’s tested positive for the coronavirus. The latest wave in the coronavirus pandemic, this one fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, is affecting transfer station workers, from gate attendants to compactors and haulers, Brenda Iokepa-Moses, deputy director of Environmental Management and acting Solid Waste Division chief, said in an interview Wednesday. The new hours will be in effect until further notice.
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