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Police deportments issue in Crete, GenevaNot all is “sweetness and light” as new years start in two Nebraska cities. The police departments ofCrete and Geneva were the center of interest.Harlyn Crisman, new mayor at Crete, appointed Rick Nettifee as police chief. He will arrive the first of the year; is now chief at Medicine Lodge, Kan. Howard Camp, department member for over 10 years, had been chief about three years.At Geneva, the council heard Police Chief Tim Fairbanks blame a personality conflict between himself and Mayor Dan Whitley for the fact he had been told by Bob Higel, city administrator, that he would not be re-appointed chief. He said he was told he would be retained as an officer, at his present pay grade. Fairbanks told the council he would sue the city if demoted from chief to patrolman.Hearing the chief’s defense was his wife, Cathy, one of two new members on the council.At Crete, Mayor Crisman first said he would not re-appoint George Beyer as utilities manager, but after an executive session with the council, said he would re-appoint him. He gave no explanation for the two decisions.Another new appointee at Crete is Don Goosic for the part-time $450 a month post of building inspector. Victor Welch had held what The Crete News termed a ‘ ‘ controversial position” for about three years.Mayor Whitley later told The Signal, Geneva newspaper, that he, Higel and Fairbanks had “worked out their differences,” and reappointed the chief.
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Fairbury Journal News
Fairbury, Nebraska, US
Fri, Dec 19, 1986
Page 27
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