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Fire chief contests criticism over son’s hiring; union and Kentucky Fire Chiefs back chief; commission moves forward with nepotism ordinance amendment first he—
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Fire Chief Christopher Whiteley and IAFF Local 1807 union leaders defended the integrity of a recent academy hiring after a commissioner said staff had complained about the chief’s son. Chief Whiteley presented email evidence of HR and city attorney approval for the hire; the commission read letters of union and peer-fire-chief support into the
Fire Chief Christopher Whiteley addressed the City Commission on March 4 to rebut comments made at the previous meeting that questioned the propriety of his son’s hiring into the Winchester Fire Department. Whiteley read a sequence of emails and documents — including HR correspondence and a city attorney approval — showing the department followed the advertised interview and hiring process.
Whiteley said the ordinance on nepotism had been amended previously…
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