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Committee advances Pine Valley personnel policy updates and modest private‑pay rate increases to county board
Summary
Polk County’s committee forwarded updates to the Pine Valley addendum — aligning sick leave and vacation with county policy, adding grievance and no‑call/no‑show provisions, and postponing comp‑time changes — and approved modest private‑pay rate increases for skilled nursing and assisted living to the full county board.
Polk County staff presented proposed updates to the Pine Valley addendum to the county personnel policy and sought committee approval to move the changes to the full county board. The committee approved forwarding the revisions with the following notable changes:
- Leave and scheduling: sick time and vacation provisions were adjusted to match county policies; schedule overlaps were standardized so shifts provide an eight-hour overlap for communication. - Employee procedures: a grievance policy, no-call/no-show policy and light‑duty accommodation language were added. - Compensation processes: implementation of comp‑time changes will be deferred to January pending further review of exemption status for certain positions.
Separately, the committee approved a proposal to increase private-pay rates at Pine Valley: staff recommended a $10-per-day increase for the skilled‑nursing private‑pay rate and a monthly $96 increase for assisted living. Staff said the increases are modest, intended to address higher food and supply costs, and fall within market ranges used by comparable providers.
The committee voted to forward both the addendum updates and the private‑pay rate changes to the full county board for final approval.
