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Curry County approves ordinance shifting emergency management from sheriff’s office to county operations
Summary
On Dec. 31, Curry County commissioners approved Ordinance 25 0 4 to move emergency management oversight from the sheriff’s office to the Board of Commissioners via the director of county operations and to authorize the county emergency manager or a qualified appointee to serve as emergency management director. The vote was recorded as unanimous among the three commissioners present.
Curry County commissioners voted unanimously at a Dec. 31 special meeting to approve an ordinance moving emergency management oversight out of the sheriff’s office and under county operations.
County counsel explained the change during a public hearing that the board opened and closed the same morning. “What we're doing here today is modifying the ordinance regarding emergency management. We are moving it out of the purview of the sheriff's office and back under the auspices of the BOC through the director…
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