5/29/13 - There was some disagreement at the county level last night about how to handle an open position among the sheriffâs department road patrol deputies. With a sheriffâs sergeant planning to retire for health reasons, Undersheriff Mike Murphy spoke to the county Public Safety and Infrastructure & Development Committee last night about two personnel requests. The first would allow the sheriff to promote one deputy to road patrol sergeant to fill the retireeâs position. That was granted unanimously. The second request was to hire a new full-time road patrol deputy, and it met with some resistance from committee chair Ron VanHouten. Murphy tells WHMI that the county has not yet decided the fate of local road patrols, and he thinks VanHouten would rather wait and see whether the new position will be necessary rather than risk hiring someone who would then have to be fired. Murphy says VanHouten also mentioned the cancellation of the Hartland-Tyrone patrol contract as a reason to reconsider road patrol levels. The other two committee members voted in favor of hiring the deputy. The resolution will now go to the countyâs finance committee, then the board of commissioners for full approval. (TD)
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