Commissioner's Corner

In September of 2016, the Board of Lincoln County Commissioners adopted Resolution 16-21, setting a policy that union employee contract negotiations will be conducted in open public meetings. Only for the public to observe, not participate. This resolution has had huge, broad, local and state support. Every major newspaper editorial board in the state has advocated for this and there have been many articles published recently, praising what we have done here in Lincoln County to bring better transparency to government.

But the Teamsters didn’t like it. They filed several Unfair Labor Practices...