Board approves emergency management director job description amid debate over dispatch coverage

Jul 13, 2026

After extended discussion about 24/7 on-call coverage, a pending resignation and how to split emergency management and dispatch duties, commissioners approved the emergency management director job description with pay grade 19, L3.

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The Columbia County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a job description for an Emergency Management Director (pay grade 19, enrollment level L3) after an extended discussion about dispatch staffing and on-call coverage following an assistant's pending resignation.

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