By Leila Merrill
SA国际传媒 Staff
WASHINGTON, Iowa 鈥� The Washington County Board of Supervisors suspended Ambulance Director Jeremy Peck on Thursday, .
鈥淭he Board of Supervisors has been made aware of personnel and management issues with the ambulance department leadership, and the Board of Supervisors have spent significant time and effort to take this seriously and investigate those issues,鈥� said Supervisor Jack Seward Jr. 鈥淧ersonnel matters are involved, and we are not at liberty to release any further details.鈥�
Board members discussed the issues in three closed meetings that took a total of about seven hours over two weeks.
The board voted unanimously to place Peck on a one-month administrative leave of absence without pay beginning Oct. 27, and will require him to undergo training 鈥渂y a human relations consultant鈥� for the ambulance service, to be hired based on recommendations by ambulance liasions.