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Commissioners in their comments noted that Fox has a great understanding of the county’s finances. Fox said she has attended the last Michigan Association of Counties (MAC) conference in 2019 and attended union negotiation training in that same year.
Some board members commented Fox “needs to have demonstrated improved employee retention” and in leadership.
“This is an area [leadership] I feel she has fallen back some; I feel she has given too much authority or maybe she just relies too much on (Finance Director Linda Pigue) now,” one commissioner wrote. “Be careful, you are still our leader for the county.”
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IONIA After more than four decades in public safety, Jim Valentine has decided to call it a career.
Valentine is retiring as Ionia County Central Dispatch director on May 14. Valentine has served in the position since January 2009.
“It was time,” Valentine told The Sentinel-Standard. “I’ve been in public safety for 46 years. It’s time to retire and move on.”
Valentine started his career with the Lake Odessa Police Department for more than eight years as a patrol officer and sergeant.
He then worked for the Lowell Police Department for 26 years. He worked as a patrol officer and detective before spending the last 14 years as police chief.
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