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Carthage council postpones vote on employment-records policy after extended debate over council access
Summary
Council members debated whether individual council members should be able to access city employee personnel files without routing requests through a designated official; council voted to postpone action on council bill 25-44 to the second meeting in July so staff and the claims committee can refine language.
The Carthage City Council on June 24 postponed a proposed amendment to the personnel policy that would change how employee personnel files are accessed after a lengthy debate over council authority and employee privacy.
The proposed policy amendment (council bill 25-44) would add an employment records policy that, as drafted, required council requests for personnel files to be made to the mayor pro tem, who would review records and report to the council as a body rather…
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