Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah, June 2013. Garden City Fire Board. CPA Tiffany Wahlberg noted that
she had called state authorities because of the difficulty the board has had, and
discussed in several meetings, in deciding if the fire chief was an exempt or
nonexempt employee. Chief Kurek was hired
as an exempt employee until about two years ago. At that time the board decided that he needed
to track his hours, be paid for 40 hours per week, and take time off for any
hours that exceeded that number.
Because of the unevenness of
the jobs, responsibilities, and activities that Chief Kurek must do, it has
been very difficult to make sure his hours are exactly forty hours per week and
never over or under. The board has been
very strict in making sure Chief Kurek stayed within these limits. They have actually
spent time in board meetings discussing a two hour overage. If he did exceed forty hours of work , taking
time off, especially near the end of the month has been difficult, resulting in
Chief Kurek losing any comp time that he had accumulated.
Tiffany Wahlberg reported
that the state said that Kurek should be classified as an exempt employee and
paid a salary for his position. At that
point in the meeting, a board member called for a closed session to discuss
this matter, and those individuals at the meeting were asked to leave.
It was reported later, that Kurek will be an exempt and salaried employee.
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