County, Teamsters reach agreement

DAVENPORT—The first contract in the six-year history of often tense relations between Lincoln County and Teamsters Local 690, which represents the Sheriff’s Office’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, has been signed.

After an eight month negotiation period that included five months of public negotiations at county commissioner meetings, collective bargaining agreements for the commissioned and non-commissioned officers were approved by the county commissioners Monday, March 21.

Teamsters 690 business agent Joe Kuhn signed the agreement Feb. 24, according to county commissioner meetin...