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Delaware County commissioners suspend two emergency officials amid ongoing investigations
Summary
At a March 23 special meeting, the Delaware County Commissioners voted to suspend the Emergency Management Agency director with pay and to suspend the Emergency Medical Services director for three days without pay; deputies were named to cover duties and letters will be issued to the affected employees.
The Delaware County Commissioners held a special meeting March 23 to consider personnel actions tied to ongoing investigations into recent Emergency Medical Services activity, and they voted to suspend two senior emergency officials.
Mr. Brooke, speaking for the board, said the meeting was a single-purpose session called to address personnel matters related to the county’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). “This is a special meeting as requested by the Board of Commissioners to deal with personnel matters,” he said.
At the meeting, a motion was made and seconded to suspend the EMA director; the board specified that the EMA director’s suspension would be with pay. A separate motion to suspend the EMS director was approved, with the suspension set at three days and to be without pay. Roll-call votes recorded Commissioner Brainard and Commissioner Henry voting yes on both motions; the transcript records those yes votes but does not identify additional individual votes by name or provide a full tally beyond the named votes.
The board named interim coverage for the positions. The Deputy Director of EMA, Mr. Corey Kissick, was designated to assume EMA duties, and Greg Michaels, described in the meeting as second in command at EMS, was to handle the EMS director role for the three-day period. The commissioners said letters would be prepared and delivered to each individual to notify them of the actions taken.
The meeting record notes that investigations are ongoing but does not provide details about the nature of the investigations, any alleged misconduct, or the expected length of the EMA director’s suspension. The board made the personnel motions and then adjourned the special meeting.
Next steps identified at the meeting are the preparation and delivery of notification letters to the affected employees and coverage of duties by the named deputies; no additional public details or timelines for any investigatory findings were provided at the session.
