Chief jailer out, 
jail administrator in?

Union County Board of Supervisors would like to see the position of chief jailer removed from the union.

The board submitted a petition to the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Feb. 26 requesting an amendment to the Union County Sheriff’s Office’s bargaining unit, Teamsters Local Union 238. Under the petition, chief jailer would be replaced by a non-union position of jail administrator.

Responsibilities of the requested jail administrator position would include hiring, firing and scheduling of jail employees, composing the jail’s budget and making decisions and recommendations to the board of supervisors regarding long-range planning — all current responsibilities of Union County Sheriff Rick Piel.

• Read more of this story in the March 11 edition of the Creston News Advertiser.