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- Sep 23, 2026
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Council discusses acting pay during work session (opens the original)
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OTTUMWA â Embedded inside a large discussion about how the City of Ottumwa evolved from a basic pay play almost 40 years ago to a step-and-wage increase model in 2023, city council members talked about how acting pay for employees should be applied. Current practice indicates an employee who is required to work in a higher classification level pay-wise must do so for a minimum of 15 days. Council members and city staff seemed split on if a change needs to be made. — Chad Drury can be reached a
Eastview to cease holding displaced animals next year (opens the original)
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OTTUMWA â The Wapello County Board of Supervisors during Tuesday's meeting will be discussing a letter from Eastview Animal Hospital regarding the facility's inability to hold displaced animals starting next year. Hospital owner Jan Tallman was one of the co-signers of the letter stating Eastview "will no longer be a holding facility for unowned and displaced animals of Wapello County." The verbal agreement between the hospital and the county ends Dec. 31. — Chad Drury can be reached at cdrury
Council votes to make changes to disciplinary policy (opens the original)
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OTTUMWA â After almost an hour of discussion, the Ottumwa City Council voted to add provisions to the city's disciplinary policy and pull the policy from the overall personnel handbook. The revised disciplinary policy, which passed on a 4-1 vote with council member Keith Caviness voting against it, tightens definitions, clarifies the roles of supervisors and deparments heads, and makes other additions. But one of the questions the council had at a meeting in June was whether non-union employee
Sheriff's office defense Flock camera use (opens the original)
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OTTUMWA â Despite the discourse throughout the country regarding use of Flock automatic license plate reader cameras, the Wapello County Sheriff's Office is defending the use of them in the county. The cameras, which in some cases have been used for questional means outside official law enforcement duties and have mistakenly led to arrests of people across the country, have also led to positive outcomes locally, sheriff Don Phillips told the board of supervisors during a work session Monday in
Supervisors opt for larger jail expansion (opens the original)
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OTTUMWA â The eight-figure price tag was difficult for the Wapello County Board of Supervisors to digest, but the decision to allow voters to have the final say in November meant more. The supervisors unanimously approved the larger of two options for Wapello County Jail expansion Tuesday at the courthouse, choosing a $44.8 million option that would more than double the size of the current facility in terms of bed count. — Chad Drury can be reached at cdrury@ottumwacourier.com, and on Twitter
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