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Letter Reveals Former Curry County Emergency Services Manager Resigned Due to ‘Toxic Work Environment,’ Feud With Commissioner; Chair Boice Responds
The board of commsioners discuss events in April of 2020 that eventually led to Dumire s resignation last month.
Curry County Emergency Services Manager Jeremy Dumire submitted a letter of resignation last month that cited a toxic work environment within the Board of Commissioners Office.
The letter obtained by the
Outpost through a public records request specifically states that Dumire felt harassed by Commissioner Court Boice while serving as emergency services manager during the pandemic.
Morrow County and Tillamook County Creamery Association have announced another round of funding is available to assist small businesses affected by COVID-19.
The businesses must have their principal operations in Morrow County, and have fewer than 25 employees. They must also be able to demonstrate that they were prohibited from operating by Executive Orders 20-12 or 20-65 or can show a total decline in sales of 25% or more, caused by COVID-19 pandemic regulations between March 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020, as compared with the same period in 2019.
The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on Monday, March 15, by 5 p.m. The grant application must include all information at the time of submittal, and can be dropped off in person at the Board of Commissioners Office, 110 N. Court St., Room 201, Heppner, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., except over the noon hour. They can also be mailed to the Board of Commissioners Office, P.O. Box 788, Heppner, OR 97836 or submitted via email to gzody@co.morrow.or
BOC exposure sends employees and officials into quarantineNews
December 16, 2020
, by Lonnie Adams
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Reported earlier, an exposure inside the Board of Commissioners Office prompted the cancellation of their work session for December.
However, the December meeting also confirmed that employees of the BOC are being sent into quarantine because of the possible exposure. The meeting saw only Post 1 Commissioner Hubert Parker, Post 2 Commissioner Karleen Ferguson, and County Attorney David Clark in-person for the meeting. The board had County Clerk Edwina Daman, Financial Officer Sandi Holden, and Board Chairman Charlie Paris all attending by phone.
According to a statement given in the meetings by Ferguson, who led the meetings in Paris’ semi-absence, Paris has not tested positive for the virus himself, but is instead quarantining due to possible exposure as he came into contact with the person. The office of the BOC has not named which employee tested positive.