Commissioners agree to change bus driver’s job description to 40 hours to reflect actual schedule

Fallon County commissioners agreed that a county bus driver, who had been working four 10-hour days since returning from surgery, should have her job description updated from 32 to 40 hours to reflect actual hours worked.

Staff reported that Chelsea (first name used in meeting) had been working Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, plus a Wednesday detail at the landfill container site, effectively totaling 40 hours per week. Commissioners and staff discussed the need to update the job description and to coordinate with human resources so the position’s official status and benefits matched the actual schedule. The change was discussed as administrative; no formal motion was required in the transcript and commissioners directed staff to make the job-description adjustment effective immediately and to work with HR to finalize paperwork.

Why it matters: Updating the job description will align payroll and benefits eligibility with the employee’s actual hours. Staff noted leaving the job listed at 32 hours while the worker consistently worked 40 hours caused benefit-eligibility and record-keeping complications.

Details: Staff confirmed the employee’s schedule and indicated the county can maintain 40 hours by reallocating some out-of-town trips internally if the landfill schedule changes. Commissioners requested the change be effective immediately and for HR to update the record and job description. Payroll and pay rates were not changed by the discussion; only the official hours and job description were to be updated.

Ending: Staff will coordinate with HR to implement the job-description change, and the county will document the new expectation in the employee record.