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Klamath County commissioners eliminate captain post, authorize creation of undersheriff and hiring exception
Summary
The Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate a captain position in the sheriff’s office, allow the sheriff to create an undersheriff position and approve an exception to the county hiring freeze after staff identified partial offsetting funds.
Klamath County commissioners voted unanimously to eliminate a captain position in the sheriff’s office and authorize the sheriff to create and fill an undersheriff position, approving an exception to the county’s hiring freeze.
The action, taken during the board’s first administrative meeting of 2025, follows weeks of discussion about restructuring the sheriff’s office. Commissioners said county staff and the sheriff identified budget offsets that would cover part of the new position’s cost. "That…
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