Every December, officers with the Fort Dodge Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies get to fill the boots of Old St. Nick during the Sant
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An investigator will be added to the staff of the Webster County Attorney’s Office this summer.
The investigator will assist the Fort Dodge Police Department, Webster County Sheriff’s Department, the Dayton Police Department and the Gowrie Police Department.
With no discussion, the Fort Dodge City Council on Monday approved the agreement that will create the position. Councilmen Andy Fritz and Jeff Halter were absent from the otherwise unanimous vote.
The Webster County Board of Supervisors approved the agreement on April 27.
Under that agreement, the city will pay 60 percent of the investigator’s salary.
The county will pay 40 percent of the salary and the employer’s share of health insurance and other benefits.
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An experienced investigator may soon be added to the staff of the Webster County Attorney’s Office.
The investigator would assist the Fort Dodge Police Department, Webster County Sheriff’s Office, the Dayton Police Department and the Gowrie Police Department.
County Attorney Darren Driscoll said the individual would assist ”anyone who comes into a major crime situation and needs an experienced investigator.”
He told the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday that the new position has been discussed for about two years. Fort Dodge Police Chief Roger Porter and, recently, new Sheriff Luke Fleener have been part of those discussions, he said.