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Committee considers pay change for administrative closings; seeks shift input from EMS and sheriff's office
Summary
Coffee County's Policy and Procedures Committee discussed revisions to the county's administrative-closing policy, including a proposal to pay first responders a straight eight hours for administrative closings rather than awarding comp time.
Coffee County's Policy and Procedures Committee discussed revisions to the county's administrative-closing policy, including a proposal to pay first responders a straight eight hours for administrative closings rather than awarding comp time.
Committee members said administrative closings (the county's temporary office closures during weather or other events) were originally intended to protect the public and county facilities rather than to be an employee benefit. "An administrative closing'... was never set up to be a benefit. It was set up to protect the public," one committee member said.
The proposed revision would make first responders (EMS,…
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