Commissioners approve updated pay scale, expand eligibility for performance adjustments; payroll claims also approved

Shannon, county HR staff, told the commissioners that the county council had approved an updated compensation package and asked the commissioners to adopt the same package so there would be no question about authority. The package expands eligibility for the annual performance evaluation adjustment (up to $0.25/hour) from selected full-time employees to all full-time employees who are not elected officials or contracted employees. Shannon said the $0.25 adjustment is qualifying (not guaranteed) and that the pay scale itself was updated to match a new 2025 form. Tony confirmed he had a signed copy from council and commissioners moved to adopt the change; the motion passed. Separately the board approved Allied weekly health insurance medical claims totaling $59,318.41 and payroll claims totaling $389,856.97 after staff verified the claims. Commissioners also approved time-card approvals for appointed department heads and a motion related to overtime/time-card entries. Commissioners and HR staff discussed repeated short-lunch notations in the time-card system; Shannon explained that the system is set to a 60-minute clock-out for lunch but the county’s policy is a 30-minute lunch, so the notation shows short lunch while policy remains 30 minutes. Shannon said she will continue to manage and ensure that special leave rules (including five-year pay for parental leave requests) follow policy: the five-year pay is only applied after employees exhaust paid time off.