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Hamilton Township approves police chief retirement, appointment and planning hire
Summary
Trustees accepted the retirement notice of Chief Scott Hughes effective May 8, approved Assistant Chief (record: "Cool and Short") as full-time chief effective May 9 with a starting base salary presented as $135,000, and approved hiring Jack Eckerson as planning and code enforcement officer; pay adjustments for fire leadership were presented (amounts in the transcript are unclear).
The Hamilton Township Board of Trustees approved changes to the township roster during its March 18 meeting. The board accepted Chief of Police Scott Hughes' retirement notice effective May 8 and approved promotion of the assistant chief (recorded in the minutes as "Cool and Short") to full-time chief of police effective May 9, with a…
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