Centerville enacts breastfeeding accommodations policy; council adds edits to comply with state and federal law

Centerville — The City Council approved Resolution 2025-12, enacting section 7.052 of the Centerville personnel policies to provide breastfeeding breaks and a lactation space for employees. Lisa, who introduced the proposal, said it is "to bring our code into compliance with the state law" and that the policy requires reasonable breaks for breastfeeding for one year following birth and a private lactation space; the policy also requires a refrigerator or insulated cooler for expressed milk. The council amended draft language to change references from "Human Resources Director" to "Human Resources Specialist" to match city job titles, and to clarify that the city "is not required to compensate an employee receiving reasonable break time under this policy for any time spent during the workday for such purposes except as otherwise required by law, including without limitation if nonexempt employees are not completely relieved from duty during the entirety of the break." Councilmembers discussed referencing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and other federal protections; the presenter said staff would add statutory references and return with any additional changes. The motion passed and the resolution was adopted by a recorded 4–0 vote. The council directed staff to finalize cross-references to federal law and to review related pregnancy accommodation language in the personnel code.