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Senate rejects expansion of County Personnel Management Act after heated floor debate
Summary
The Senate debated Senate Bill 167, which would have extended the County Personnel Management Act to seven additional counties, including a contested amendment to exclude certain border counties. Opponents called it a "mandate" on smaller counties and the bill failed on a floor vote.
The Utah Senate debated Senate Bill 167, a proposal to expand the County Personnel Management Act to seven additional counties, but the chamber ultimately voted to defeat the measure.
Senator Blaise Wharton, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the act ‘‘implements sound personnel management principles such as recruiting, selecting, advancing of employees based on ability’’ and would extend those standards beyond the four counties currently covered. He said the change would create a three-member bipartisan career service council, an…
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