ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 14, 1995 TAG: 9512140039
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
Deputies and other employees at the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office spent this week scurrying around updating their applications and resumes as they prepared to re-interview for their jobs.
Sheriff-elect Doug Marrs, who takes office Jan. 1, placed newspaper ads and sent notices to the employees that they would have to apply for reappointment.
That's nothing unusual. All sheriff's employees serve at the pleasure of the sheriff and must be reappointed every four years.
"It's a normal process through the transition period," Marrs said Wednesday. "To me, it's not anything to be upset over. ... I want the transition to be as smooth as possible."
But when a new sheriff takes office, some employees become anxious about their new boss' plans for them.
Marrs will conduct as many as 93, 15-minute interviews Dec. 19-21 at the courthouse. Besides deputies and jailers, dispatchers, cooks, secretaries also are being interviewed.
Early this week, deputies were copying selected portions of their personnel records, including old applications that give information they can use to fill out new ones.
While acknowledging that "rumors fly," he said he would be better able to address questions about his plans in two weeks.
Last week, Marrs attended state-sponsored training sessions for new sheriffs.
"You have to have some time to digest what you're being taught," he said.
Marrs will be sworn in Dec. 27.
He won election Nov. 7, turning back three other challengers. Sheriff Ken Phipps decided not to run for a second term.
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