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Veterans service office seeks expanded assistant hours; supervisors recommend two full-time staff

5535678 · August 6, 2025
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HHS and veterans-service supervisors presented options to expand the county veteran service office assistant from 20 hours up to full-time; supervisors said neighboring counties commonly have two full-time staff and argued the office's workload, especially mental-health and housing work, supports at least a 24-hour/week assistant.

HHS managers told the Pine County Board of Commissioners the county veteran service office (VSO) is operating with 1.5 full-time equivalents after a recent vacancy and asked the board to consider expanding the assistant county veteran service officer hours.

Becky and supervisor Barb Schmidt described a vacancy in the halftime assistant position and presented…

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