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County council amends personnel code to remove five-year residency exception for division heads
Summary
Luzerne County Council amended its personnel code to eliminate the five-year residency exception for division heads and certain management positions, removing language that allowed employees who’d served five years to live outside county lines without penalty.
Luzerne County Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance amending the county personnel code to remove language that had exempted certain division heads and management positions from a residency requirement after five years of service.
Council debated the provision in multiple meetings. At the August 5 session, a council member moved to delete the clause “after the employee has attained five years of continued employment with the county” from the…
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