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Commissioners debate department head autonomy and draft harassment complaint procedure
Summary
Board members debated how much autonomy department heads should have in managing their budgets and offices and discussed creating a stepwise harassment complaint procedure that may route through the board chair or a committee; the transcript records concerns but no formal policy change.
Board members discussed the scope of department-head authority and the need for a written harassment-complaint procedure that would specify reporting steps and escalation to the board chair or another body.
One board member defended department-head autonomy within budgetary limits, saying a department head should have latitude to manage routine operations. "That's within my budgetary authority. My management of my office, I account to the board. If I have gone over my budget,…
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