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Umatilla County approves retroactive overtime payments for sergeants pending ratification
Summary
The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners approved payroll action to pay overtime to county sergeants retroactive to July 1, 2024, while the county waits for union ratification on a broader contract.
The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners approved at its Aug. 25 administrative meeting a payroll action to pay overtime to county sergeants retroactive to July 1, 2024, while the county waits for ratification of a collective-bargaining agreement.
County staff said the overall bargaining agreement with the sergeants was not yet ratified but requested approval of the overtime payments for payroll purposes. The board moved and seconded the payroll authorization and approved it by voice vote.
Board members asked whether the action had to be taken at that meeting; staff replied that it did for payroll processing. The transcript does not include the exact number of sergeants covered, the overtime total, or the ratification status beyond staff saying they were waiting to hear back from the union. The board recorded the approval for payroll only; no final ratification or contract adoption was recorded in the transcript.
