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Sweetwater County OKs resolution allowing limited overtime pay for FLSA‑exempt law enforcement leaders
Summary
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution permitting a small number of FLSA‑exempt peace officers and detention lieutenants to earn time‑and‑a‑half compensation for defined special operations funded outside the county’s general fund.
The Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously July 1 to adopt a resolution authorizing FLSA‑exempt peace officers and detention officers to receive non‑FLSA compensation in certain circumstances, aimed at closing pay disparities during reimbursable special operations.
County HR Director Gary (last name not provided in transcript) and Sheriff Gross Nickel told commissioners the county currently relies on a small group of exempt leaders — undersheriff and…
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