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Adams County joint meeting: Pension buyback, ordinance conversion and routine appointments approved

Adams County Council & Board of Commissioners (joint meeting) · January 14, 2026
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Summary

County council and commissioners approved several routine items including a pension buyback amendment for a deputy, a joint ordinance to convert an asset-management resolution into ordinance 2026-1, multiple board appointments, a $40,000 court-security grant, an amended salary ordinance, and budget encumbrances and transfers.

A joint meeting of Adams County council and commissioners approved a slate of routine governance actions on motions adopted by voice vote.

The body approved Amendment No. 7 to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office pension plan to permit Deputy Daniel Heckert to buy back four years of prior service time. According to the presenter, the deputy will repay employee contributions plus interest; the change will not alter county costs or his seniority and was described as "perfectly legal" by…

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