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Faced with a critical shortage of employees in Cobb’s Department of Emergency Communications (E911), the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved retention incentives of $2,500 per employee at its Tuesday meeting. The additional pay will be split into multiple payments over a 10 to 12 month period.
The retention incentives and signing bonuses (described below) were on the consent agenda, which means they were approved in advance of the regular BOC meeting in a work session.
A news release on the Cobb County website quoted from the written request from Melissa Alterio, Emergency Communications Director, and Randy Crider, Public Saftey Director…
