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Connie l could nut wait until •January tu find out I wnuJd no longer bo employed.'
A now shertlf is required bv law tu advertise ,uid take applications tor all positions after taking office. Suuth said, Current employees need tu fill out an application if they want tu bo reappointed.
Smith said Williams applied tor his old position, but was not reappointed. Slio did not elaborate on her reasons ior not reappointing him.
Williams said he had worked a couple days per week since he mid Smith spoke on Nov. 13. He had accumulated h undreds of hours of paid leave and was taking some of that tune so he would not lose it if he were to be terminated.
Wil limns said he was mfortried by another she nil's office employee on Dec. il that everyone in the office was required tu submit an application by Dec.
if they wanted tu be considered for reappointment.
"I worked Monday through Wednesday that week and the letter was placed in our boxes on Thursday evening,' he said. T would not have seen this letter until Dec. ifi had 1 not been informed bv the employee. Larry Shererts had a copy of the dates t was going to be off on annual leave."
Nevertheless, Williams said he completed the application and submitted tt Dec. When he returned to the sheriff's office for a meeting Dec. lifi. he found in his mail box a
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