HR committee approves correction to holiday policy to add hours for fire battalion chiefs

The Waukesha City Human Resources Committee on Tuesday approved a technical amendment to HR Policy C‑1 that adds 24 hours to the holiday bank for fire battalion chiefs and clarifies dispatcher holiday accounting.

Committee members said the change corrects an omission from a prior revision that had already given dispatchers a separate bank of hours because their shift schedule does not match city holidays. Marquise, the city’s HR director, said the update is “just a correction to the policy that was approved last month” and that the 24‑hour addition for battalion chiefs was the only substantive change.

The amendment will still appear on the common council agenda for final approval. A committee member moved to approve the change, a second was offered, and the committee approved the amendment by unanimous consent.

Committee discussion briefly touched on the cost implications of additional paid time off. Alderman Rick Lobinski asked about the financial impact, noting the number of employees and the effect of additional paid days. Marquise and other staff clarified that the change applies only to the battalion chiefs and that other elements of the policy remain unchanged.

The committee also noted the administrative path for the item: staff will forward the corrected policy to the common council with the committee’s unanimous recommendation.

Minutes and other administrative items were also handled at the meeting; the committee approved minutes from Sept. 17, 2025, at the start of the session.