Carroll County staff presented a resolution on Jan. 2 to transition employee accrued sick and vacation balances into the new county PTO (paid time off) policy and to pay out comp hours that exceed the board's PTO cap. The county attorney, Avery Jackson, told commissioners the board had approved the PTO policy in July and that staff had prepared an estimate of the initial payout needed to bring balances into compliance. Jackson said the amounts in the resolution are lower than the June estimate because some employees were able to take time off and reduce balances.

"The board of commissioners approved a new PTO leave policy for the county employees in July...the amounts in the resolution are about $80,000 less than what we estimated in June because the employees were able to take some time off and get those balances down for you," Jackson said. (Amount as presented by county attorney in the meeting.)

Commissioners reiterated that the board had requested a six-month review of how the new PTO policy was functioning across the county's employee population, which the county attorney said staff would provide. One commissioner noted the county employs nearly 700 people and asked for a follow-up review to determine how the policy is working at that scale.

The board agreed to place the resolution on the Jan. 7 consent agenda for formal approval and funding authorization. No formal roll-call vote occurred at the work session.