Problems at Department of Motor Vehicles boil over at Becker County Board meeting
“The test has shown, and it’s a multi-year test, we need full-time employees there. The turnover has been horrendous,” one commissioner said.
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A Becker County Board meeting earlier this month. (Nathan Bowe/Tribune April 22, 2021)
Becker County commissioners handled some thorny personnel issues Tuesday involving turnover at the county Department of Motor Vehicles office.
Commissioner Larry Knutson, in particular, was upset with how Becker County Auditor-Treasurer Mary Hendrickson has been overseeing the DMV office.
“This has been an ongoing, long-term situation,” Knutson said. “Absolutely, something needs to be done.” Two county DMV employees one of them a close relative of Knutson’s recently resigned their positions, citing ongoing management problems, he said. An angry Knutson pushed strongly to end auditor-treasurer control over the