City commissioners want more proof that requiring city employees to live within Lyon County is hindering recruitment and hiring.
The board at its Wednesday study session looked at a proposal to amend the city’s residency requirement to allow employees to live within a 90-minute drive of Emporia. Public-works employees, however, would be required to live within 30 minutes of the city.
The proposal came at the request of officials at the Emporia Fire Department and Emporia Police Department. Fire Chief Jack Taylor told commissioners that he found it difficult to hire paramedics with the current requirements.
“Paramedics can work anywhere in the state of Kansas,” Taylor told commissioners.
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