OCEAN CITY – Citing a continued need to recruit seasonal municipal bus drivers and Boardwalk tram drivers and conductors, resort officials last week approved a series of incentives to attract and reward new employees.
Ongoing discussions at the Ocean City Transportation Committee level regarding a series of incentives for municipal bus drivers and Boardwalk tram drivers made their way to the Mayor and Council, which ultimately approved them. Ocean City, like many jurisdictions and private sector companies, have been faced with labor shortages in recent years for a variety of reasons, and the shortage for the town’s transit system has been particularly acute.
For example, prior to the pandemic, Ocean City employed around 150 bus drivers to meet its deployment goals. Last year, the number had dwindled to around 90. The transit system has managed to meet its deployment goals for the most part and ridership numbers have nearly returned to pre-COVID levels, but the department is looking to bolster its recruitment efforts through a series of incentives for new and returning bus and tram drivers. Mayor Rick Meehan presented a series of recommendations to the council last Monday.
“I want to concentrate on items that need to be brought back to the Mayor and Council for approval,” he said. “As you know, we have been working very diligently to recruit bus drivers and to retain bus drivers and tram drivers. Ever since 2020 we lost a lot of drivers due to COVID issues. We’ve had trouble regaining the number of drivers the need to fully operate the transit system to the level we would like to see it operate.”
For that reason, the transportation committee forwarded to the Mayor and Council a series of incentives aimed at enhancing driver recruitment, according to Meehan.
Their Best incentive is to FIRE > ALL > the supervisors !!! Pay $25.00 hr for buses / Close Control Center !!!!
Fire Vernon Perdue if he is not yet gone !!!!
vernon perdue will step on anybody in his way and suck ass to get to the top. He’s a true team player.
Alot of previous drivers Will Never come back because of ones like him !!
Get rid of the BLM Gangsta’s who regularly play POCKET POOL on the boardwalk watching young girls walk by
and grind on Russian girls in the shops ,
and maybe some people would want to work in Ocean City
Take the cameras off the buses !!
Close the Boardwalk SPY Center !!! Not needed
Well, seems we have lots of great input again. Not much different than last summer or the summer before articles. Lipstick on the pig doesnt work. Need a new pig.