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Barry County committee recommends exception to nepotism policy for incoming undersheriff
Summary
The Personnel & Human Services Committee voted to recommend that the Board of Commissioners approve an exception to the county's nepotism policy allowing incoming Undersheriff Kevin Erb to work in the same department as his daughter, Sheriff Cadet Jacquelyn Erb; the recommendation will go to the full Board for consideration.
The Barry County Personnel & Human Services Committee on Sept. 19 recommended that the Board of Commissioners approve an exception to the county's nepotism policy to allow incoming Undersheriff Kevin Erb to work in the same department as his daughter, Sheriff Cadet Jacquelyn Erb.
The request was presented to the committee (listed in the minutes as submitted by Dar Leaf). Commissioner David Jackson moved the recommendation and Commissioner Catherine Getty supported the motion; Commissioners Getty, Jackson and Chair David Hatfield voted aye and Commissioner Michael Callton was recorded absent. The motion passed and will be forwarded to the full Board of Commissioners for final action.
Committee minutes record a discussion of the county’s current employment policies on family member employment in the Sheriff’s Department; the minutes do not record direct quotations or detail the content of the presentation. The recommendation is procedural only — it sends a proposal to the Board for a formal decision — and does not itself change personnel policy.
The minutes list Kevin Erb as the incoming Undersheriff and name Jacquelyn Erb as a Sheriff Cadet. The committee did not record any formal conditions or limits attached to the recommendation. The Board of Commissioners will consider the recommendation at a future meeting; the committee's recommendation was made on Sept. 19, 2024.
