Vernon County Board updates disciplinary and grievance rules to match coordinator role
Supervisors approved an update aligning the employee manual and grievance procedure with the administrative coordinator job description after debate over the board’s role in discipline and the need to preserve impartial grievance review.
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Board members debated revisions to the county’s employee manual to make disciplinary procedure consistent with the administrative coordinator job description. Some supervisors argued the board should be informed before department-head discipline and sought an "inform and consent" model, while others said day-to-day personnel management belongs to the administrative coordinator and that early board involvement could compromise impartial grievance hearings.
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