Parks board adopts harassment policy language drafted by HR

The Columbia City Parks Board voted April 28 to adopt updated harassment-policy language provided by the city’s human resources office.

Park Director Lehi told board members the draft added a volunteer definition and clarified that volunteers must be approved by the corporate department head and work under the direct supervision of a city employee. The draft also revised investigation and follow-up procedures in Section 6(d), which staff said came from HR representative Beth.

The nut graf: the board approved the updated draft as presented; the adoption covers internal procedures and a volunteer definition but did not change any cited state or local statutes during the meeting.

Discussion and details

Board members reviewed the redlined changes and confirmed the volunteer definition met their prior request. Staff noted the changes in Section 6(d) deal with how investigations are handled and how follow-up is administered; Lehi asked members to place their approval so staff could take the document back to HR for final processing.

Vote and outcome

A motion to approve the harassment policy language passed by voice vote; the board indicated unanimous assent.

Ending

Staff will forward the approved language to HR for finalization and implementation steps.