Committee discusses adopting 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. core hours, adds telework language

Sep 17, 2025

Members reviewed proposed changes to the county personnel policy to set core office hours at 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., give department heads discretion over schedules, and add a working-from-home provision to the manual.

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A committee reviewing the county personnel policy debated formalizing “core hours” and adding working-from-home language. Speaker 2, a staff member, proposed that “the core hours should be from 8 to 04:30” and that department heads have discretion over scheduling. Speaker 3 said earlier that the hours might shift from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. but agreed department-level flexibility is needed.

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