County updates drug‑and‑alcohol testing policy and employee handbook to reflect electronic processing and statutory changes

Sep 21, 2026

HR staff presented revisions to the preemployment drug and alcohol policy to accommodate electronic systems and a large update to the employee handbook that adds statutory and policy language (on‑call pay, dress code, pregnancy accommodations and FMLA provisions). Commissioners discussed testing panels and jurisdictional differences with the sheriff’s office.

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Human resources staff said the county's preemployment drug‑and‑alcohol testing policy (originally adopted in 2010) was updated to reflect electronic processing through platforms such as iSOLVENT and to remove static forms that previously required commissioner signatures. The HR representative said the handbook now embeds four policies (on‑call pay, timekeeping, dress code and the updated drug policy) and pulls in required statutory accommodation language (pregnancy/childbirth, FMLA) and other modern HR boilerplate.

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