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Hand County commissioners reject resolution seeking Class B retirement for emergency management staff
Summary
After debate over whether emergency management duties meet hazardous-duty criteria and concerns about costs and wording, the Hand County Board of Commissioners voted 4–1 to defeat Resolution 2025-12, which sought to make county emergency management personnel eligible for Class B retirement.
The Hand County Board of Commissioners voted down Resolution 2025-12, a proposal to pursue Class B retirement eligibility for emergency management staff, after a discussion that split commissioners on whether the work meets hazardous-duty standards and whether the county should broaden compensation policies.
Speaker 7 brought the resolution back for reconsideration and noted other counties had taken varied approaches. Speaker 6 argued for the change, recounting firsthand emergency…
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