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Commissioners permit four-week training overlap for retiring surveyor's office employee
Summary
Faced with the planned April retirement of a one-person surveyor office employee (Jackie Searls), commissioners authorized up to a four-week overlap for on-the-job training for a newly hired replacement and agreed to allow the retiree to serve later as a consultant if needed.
County officials told the Board of Commissioners that Jackie Searls, an employee in the surveyor's office, will retire in April. Because the surveyor’s office is a single-person operation with specialized duties (tax, drainage, survey records), county staff asked for permission to recruit and bring a new hire on in advance so the outgoing employee can provide direct training.
Shannon told commissioner…
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