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DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Commissioners voiced their opposition to employees teleworking at a regular meeting Monday, April 15, maintaining a view from the Board that has remained consistent since 2020.
The brief discussion came up while the Commissioners were revising the Personnel Policies and Procedure guide, which will be updated to say employees shouldn’t be working remotely.
“That’s a can of worms you don’t want to open,” Commissioner Rob Coffman said. “You’ll never put that genie back in the bottle.”
The Commissioners also didn’t take action Monday on a 3-month moratorium the Planning Commission hoped to install while the Commission looks to update the county zoning code to include a section on wind and solar developments.
“I don’t see the companies applying (for a conditional use permit) within three months anyway,” Coffman said.
That didn’t irk Commission chair Sue Lani Madsen, who is working to form a working group to study the health effects of wind turbine developments before the next Commission meeting in May.
“Nobody’s going to be offended now that I understand what (a moratorium) does with the process,” Madsen said. “We’ve got the working group…I’ve been talking to people who have different opinions so we can give a good recommendation to the Commissioners that represents as close as we can get to a collaborative community.”
Planner Courtney Thompson also told the Commissioners about a possible new 11-plot development in Deer Meadows Monday.
In other business, the Commissioners awarded Spokane-based Arctic Lighting and Electric the bid for redoing the lights and electrical system at the Fairgrounds Rodeo Arena. The company bid $253,104.48, most of which is being funded by the Dept. of Agriculture.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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