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A private company is helping staff Hall's planning department. This is how much that's costing the county

Kevin J. McOmber, of CPL Architecture Engineering Planning, works inside the Hall County planning office Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, as the office struggles through an employee shortage. - photo by Scott Rogers

01212022 PLANNING 1.jpg — Kevin J. McOmber, of CPL Architecture Engineering Planning, works inside the Hall County planning office Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, as the office struggles through an employee shortage. - photo by Scott Rogers

A worker shortage in Hall County's planning department has caused the county to hire a private engineering company for $50,000 a month.