The Cook County Board of Commissioners is currently trying to work out a policy on off-site work locations for county department heads. Commissioner Jan Hall has opposed allowing the human services director to office in her new hometown.
How do you feel? Do those who are county employees, paid with local taxes, have some obligation to live in the county that pays their wages? At a time when we are told that the county needs all the well paying jobs that it can get, does allowing this amount to “outsourcing”?
Here is my suggestion, why not make the job a contract position? That way the county could contract with the current director or any one else who would provide the service. We then could eliminate the county-provided benefits package and save some money.
I hope all of us will take the time to let our county commissioners know how we feel.
Keith Kuckler
Birch Drive
Grand Marais
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