Ariel Zangla reported in the Daily Freeman the Greene County Legislature last week approved a new three-year contract with county sheriff’s deputies. The agreement is retroactive to the beginning of 2014, and offers a cost of living raise for each year of the contract, effective through Dec. 31, 2016. County Administrator Shaun Groden said the deputies are keeping their existing health insurance provider and plans. He said there is no change to service levels, but the deputies would be paying higher deductibles. The agreement also addresses a schedule shift change that occurred several years ago, Groden said. He said the sheriff’s office now schedules two, 12-hour shifts per day, rather than three, eight-hour shifts. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.