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Colfax County moves to replace personnel ordinance with new personnel policy; commissioners flag edits and ordinance repeal steps
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a proposed Colfax County personnel policy intended to replace existing ordinance language. County attorney and sheriff said the policy would be adopted after targeted ordinance repeal; commissioners requested specific edits on pay, leave payout timing and approval authority for raises.
Colfax County commissioners reviewed a multi-section personnel policy draft that, if approved, would supersede parts of a standing county ordinance and establish updated rules for pay, leave payouts and other personnel procedures.
County Attorney (recorded in the meeting as "Mister Sherman") advised that the appropriate process is to approve the policy pending repeal of the ordinance. "If we were to repeal the ordinance at this time, it would leave some gaps," Sherman said, recommending a staged repeal so the new policy…
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