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Buncombe County approves updated personnel ordinance, standalone policies and benefits language

3588867 · May 27, 2025
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Summary

The Board approved a consolidated motion to amend the county personnel ordinance, adopt a new position classification policy and amend the benefits policy (including applicability language). The changes follow a multi-year update and include a standalone workplace violence policy.

The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted May 20 to approve revisions to the county personnel ordinance, a new position classification policy and changes to the benefits policy, including updated applicability language for board-approved policies.

Interim Human Resources Director Karen Marshall summarized the multi-year project to separate and clarify policy language that had been embedded in the personnel ordinance. “Starting back in 02/2021 we started the multiyear project to update the personnel ordinance,” Marshall said, describing the work to extract standalone policies for clarity and transparency.

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