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Supervisors discuss donated-leave policy; accounting and fairness concerns delay action
Summary
Louisa County supervisors reviewed a draft donated-leave policy and raised accounting, audit, and fairness concerns. Supervisors and an auditor said the county's bookkeeping and audit scrutiny make implementation complex; no action was taken.
Supervisors discussed a proposed donated-leave policy that would allow employees to donate accrued leave to others. Board members and an auditor raised multiple accounting and fairness questions and agreed to defer action until a revised draft addresses those issues.
Concerns centered on how donated time would be tracked across different departmental pay scales and budgets. One supervisor said the county is under close audit scrutiny and that, unlike private business owners, county officials must account for taxpayer funds. The auditor expressed reservations about how donated time would be charged to one department while benefiting another, and supervisors worried about creating exceptions or special cases that would be difficult to administer fairly.
One suggestion was to consider a cash-out or limited short-term assistance program tied to measurable thresholds rather than a broad donated-leave system. The board asked staff to continue working with the auditor and to bring a revised draft for further consideration at a future meeting.
