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Committee approves reclassification to 1st sergeant to address police promotion gap
Summary
After lengthy discussion about pay, benefits and vacant civil-service lists, the committee approved converting a lieutenant position to a 1st sergeant to make the post more attractive and allow fills; committee members noted potential downstream salary implications and an estimated $50,407 in remaining lieutenant-line funds for the year.
The Putnam County Personnel Committee on Sept. 5 approved a fund transfer and reclassification that converts an existing lieutenant position to a 1st sergeant in the sheriff's office.
A sheriff's office representative told the committee the lieutenant post, as currently constituted, is unattractive to potential promotees because it is nonunion, limits overtime…
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