After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, local governments in Hall County immediately began reviewing workplace, health care and benefits plans to comply with the law of the land. “We are currently working with our attorneys and benefit providers to determine any amendments we may need to our benefits and policies,” Gainesville Human Resources Director Janeann Allison said in July. Now, Gainesville officials are prepared to allow city workers in legally recognized same-sex marriages — not domestic partnerships or other civil ordainments — to pass on retirement benefits to their spouses when they die.