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Emmons County commissioners debate sick-leave flexibility for road crews; no policy change yet
Summary
Commissioners heard a lengthy road-department staff discussion about sick leave, overtime and emergency call pay. No change to county policy was adopted; commissioners asked HR to review options including personal days and minimum pay for emergency call-outs.
Emmons County commissioners spent more than an hour on Sept. — discussing sick-leave use and front-line staffing in the road department, but took no formal policy action.
The discussion began when a 24‑year road department employee described carrying a large sick-leave bank and asked whether sick time could be treated like personal days. The employee said he sometimes avoided using sick leave because he needed overtime income and feared losing accrued time; “I would be happy to carry over 800 hours and lose sick leave every month to have a hundred days at my disposal,” he said.
Commissioners, the road superintendent…
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