Town council meeting on 8/18/2025 where members discuss vacant positions within various municipal departments. The conversation highlights the challenges of filling these roles, citing a constrained labor market, the lengthy hiring process (sometimes taking a year or more), and the need for qualified candidates. Council members express concerns about historical practices of leaving positions open to balance budgets and the importance of right-sizing the budget to ensure proper funding for departments like the police. They also address the status of specific job postings, explaining delays due to factors like finalizing job descriptions and union agreements, and emphasize a case-by-case assessment of whether to fill, contract out, or change a position.