Committee approves jury duty and workers’ compensation policy updates and extends volunteer fire benefit coverage

The Saratoga County Human Resource and Insurance Committee amended its policies to update jury duty and workers’ compensation language and approved a resolution to extend Volunteer Fire Benefit Law coverage to members of the county’s volunteer fire investigation unit under the county workers’ compensation plan.

Committee members said the jury duty policy change reflects state rules allowing employees who serve a full day of jury service not to report for work afterward; the amendment updates county policy language to match current state guidelines. The workers’ compensation update was described as more comprehensive and intended to align the county’s policy language with current administrative practices and to improve recordkeeping and coordination with the county’s third-party administrator.

The resolution to authorize Volunteer Fire Benefit Law coverage was introduced to address concerns raised by emergency services. Committee members referenced information provided by Mike and Blake in support of the change; Supervisor Land moved the resolution, which was seconded and carried. Committee minutes recorded no further discussion on the resolution.

Formal actions at the meeting included approval of the minutes from the Dec. 4 meeting, adoption of the jury duty policy amendment, adoption of the workers’ compensation policy revision, and authorization of Volunteer Fire Benefit Law coverage for the volunteer fire investigation unit. The transcript does not include a roll-call vote tally for these actions; the meeting record shows motions were moved and seconded and that the motions carried.