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Cody Acord, who has served for two years as interim chief of Okanogan County Fire District 6, will become chief of the fire district on Jan. 1, 2018.
Fire district commissioners debated whether to advertise the fire chief position, but after hearing strong support for Acord from firefighters, …
In response to a citizen hotline call early this year, the state auditor examined personnel policies and records of Okanogan County Fire District 6, and recommended changes regarding paid leave for district employees.
The hotline call to the auditor was made after fire district commissioners signed an agreement last December …
After hearing another legal opinion during an executive session Monday (March 14), Okanogan County Fire District 6 commissioners took no action regarding a contract that provides a two-year paid leave to Fire Chief Don Waller.
In response to questions from the public regarding Fire Chief Don Waller’s two-year paid leave agreement, Okanogan County Fire District 6 commissioners are reviewing the contract “to understand all options available to the board,” according to a press release issued by the district on Tuesday (March 2).
Commissioners will set policy for comp time By Marcy Stamper The attorney for Okanogan County Fire District 6 will prepare a press release explaining the fire commissioners’ options with regard to a contract with former Fire Chief Don Waller. Commissioners made the brief announcement about the press release after a 40-minute closed-door session and consultation […]
After meeting in an executive session, Okanogan County Fire District 6 commissioners indicated a contract that provides two years of paid leave to former Fire Chief Don Waller is likely to remain in place. Commissioners spent 40 minutes in the closed-door session, during which they spoke by phone with the attorney for the district, on Monday (Feb. 8). In comments after the executive session, Commissioner Darold Brandenburg said trying …
Citizens at a packed Okanogan Fire District 6 commission meeting Monday (Jan. 11) questioned a paid leave agreement for Fire Chief Don Waller that was approved last month by district commissioners.
In response to questions, commissioners said the employment agreement that …
Fire Chief Don Waller will take a two-year paid leave beginning Jan. 1, 2016, before retiring from Okanogan County Fire District 6 under an agreement approved by district commissioners last week.
Waller, who has been chief since 2002, said he has accrued 4,021 hours of vacation and sick leave, and compensation time. Commissioners agreed to place him on …
An early morning fire on Monday (June 8) destroyed a mobile home at River’s Edge Mobile Home Park in Twisp, as well as a car and boat parked next to the mobile home. Firefighters from Okanogan County Fire District 6 responded to a call at about 1 a.m. and arrived at the trailer park to […]
Thanks for the memories Dear Editor: Thank you for the Oct. 15 “No Bad Days” column, “The Boats of Summer.” You bring back amazing memories. I remember so well many of those races, particularly in the early 1950s, watching with my parents had friends who had a home in Mount Baker that overlooked the hydroplane […]
