Fiscal court approves personnel actions: emergency-management classification change and several hires

Ohio County's fiscal court on Thursday approved several personnel actions including a pay-classification change and multiple hires across county departments. The auditor recommended reclassifying Charlie Shields from “salary exempt” to “salary non-exempt paid,” citing that emergency management responds to emergencies and falls under the same overtime rules used for law-enforcement officers. The judge called the roll and commissioners recorded affirmative votes to change Shields' classification. The court also approved full-time and part-time hires: Tommy Gill as a Level 2 road department employee (including Class A lowboy and multi-equipment/bucket qualifications); Dana Roland for a part-time senior-center position (up to 22 hours per week); and Linnie Harris as a part-time courthouse custodian. Each hire was presented with paygrade information and was approved by recorded voice votes. Officials said the change for Shields does not alter base pay but changes overtime eligibility; the meeting record does not include detailed salary amounts beyond pay-grade identifiers cited for hire approvals. These personnel items were presented by county staff and approved during the committee and full-court proceedings.