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DAVENPORT – Lincoln County representatives and members of Teamsters Local 690 continued negotiations to update the Sheriff’s Office’s contracts for commissioned and non-commissioned officers for about 90 minutes at the county commissioner’s meeting Tuesday, July 6. No final agreement was reached in the session.
The two sides had used two previous meetings to discuss potential amendments to each contract. Tuesday, the sides talked about the commissioned officer contract for an hour, and non-commissioned officer contract for half an hour.
Representing the county was county prosecutor Adam Walser and county commissioners Mark Stedman, Scott Hutsell and Rob Coffman. Representing Teamsters were Joe Kuhn and Taj Wilkerson, who attended via Zoom. Also on Zoom were Brad Sweet, Gabe Gants, Dan Christian and Jon Evans with the Sheriff’s Office and county dispatch.
Discussions centered around several topics, including language regarding seniority and commission, total holidays, uniform allowance and sunglasses provision, vacation hours based on length of shift and insurance rates.
The negotiations were friendly, and the two sides agreed on some issues, but appeared far away from any final conclusions. Agreement was reached to meet at the next two commissioner’s meetings Aug. 2 and 16, indicating the negotiations will extend at least through the summer.
Also at the commissioner’s meeting, the commissioners approved Rhonda Luiten to be the interim auditor following Shelly Johnston’s retirement.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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