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Franklin County adopts change to hiring physicals in employee handbook
Summary
Franklin County adopted Resolution 2025-32 to amend Section 2.6 of its employee handbook so occupational-health providers conduct level‑3 physicals for certain hires; other hires will receive an office visit and drug screening, officials said.
Franklin County adopted Resolution 2025-32 amending Section 2.6 of the county employee handbook so the county’s occupational-health provider will perform level‑3 physicals for positions designated at that level, officials said at the meeting.
The change, which the board adopted by roll call, updates how the county requires pre-employment physicals. A county speaker explained that the occupational-health clinic recommended “not testing across the board. Actually, going through the occupational health, they said just do level 3 and above.” The speaker added that other hires “still have an office visit, sit down, ask medical questions that are related to the job and the drug screen.”
Speaker 3 moved to adopt the resolution and Speaker 1 seconded the motion. In a roll call recorded by the meeting chair, Lukensmeyer voted “aye,” McVicker voted “aye” and Vaness voted “aye,” and the resolution was approved. The transcript identifies the action as Resolution 2025-32 and cites the employee handbook section as 2.6; the transcript did not specify an effective date for the change.
The board did not provide additional implementation details in the meeting record, such as which job classifications are designated level‑3, how costs will be covered, or whether the county will post revised policy text online. Those items were not specified in the meeting transcript.
