Mattila v. Employe Trust Funds Board

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The Employe Trust Funds Board appeals a circuit court order which reversed its decisions in a dispute between Douglas County and two sheriff s department employees regarding their status as participants in the state retirement system. The Board had determined that the County properly classified the two as general category employees rather than protective occupation participants. The circuit court, however, concluded that the Board erred because the employees "were legally appointed deputy sheriffs who performed certain deputy duties on a regular basis," thus qualifying them as "protective…