How will the transition to the new police chief work?
I thought it might be nice to provide a little clarity on the actual process of the upcoming transition from Ronnie Lamb to Allen Weston…
Weston will apparently become chief of police on Jan. 1 at Midnight. The city council will also have to approve his appointment at the first city council meeting of the year on Jan. 3.
Lamb will learn on Dec. 27 in Frankfort at a retirement board meeting what his standing as far as retirement is. He told me today there are three possibilities — the board could decide to go ahead and give him his full retirement benefits ahead of time, it could give him retirement at a reduced rate (Lamb estimated he might get $200 less per month), or it could tell him he has to continue working until he’s worked a full 27 years.