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Staff Report

Palm Beach Community College will not offer domestic partner benefits to gay and unmarried couples after a split vote Tuesday by its Board of Trustees.

Trustees Susan Baumel and David Talley voted in favor, while Kenneth Kirby and Carolyn Williams voted against, college spokeswoman Grace Truman said. There is a vacancy on the five-member board.

Some trustees wondered whether the extra use of the system would force college employees to spend more over time and because the state did not offer a similar plan for its employees, Truman said.

Adding domestic partner benefits would not have cost the college anything because it pays only for employee benefits and not the benefits of an employee's spouse or child.

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