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Residents press Arlington County board on harassment, supervisor responsibility and fire department culture
Summary
Public commenters urged the County Board to enforce long-standing Equal Employment Opportunity policies and to back Fire Chief Pavlitz’s efforts to address harassment and staffing shortfalls in the Fire Department.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Arlington County Board meeting to press officials about enforcement of the county’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy and the culture of the Fire Department.
Former county employee Kitty Clark Stevenson told the board she has long followed the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy the board adopted in June 1984 and criticized managers and supervisors who “did not meet their responsibility” under the policy. Stevenson, who said she began working for the county in 1983,…
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