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Council reviews updates to employee manual; members question requirement that council approve policy changes
Summary
Council received a set of policy updates to the recently adopted employee and operational manual (four Lexipol-derived policies) and debated whether new or revised citywide policies must come to council for approval or whether administration could implement them directly.
The council reviewed an agenda item formalizing updates to the city’s employee and operational manual. The updates include four policies adapted from Lexipol to reflect federal law changes: lactation breaks (policy 608), overtime compensation (policy 610), temporary modified duty assignments (policy 612), and military leave (policy 641). The administration said the policies would be effective 30 days after adoption.
Several council members questioned the process requirement that citywide policy changes be submitted to council for…
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