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Committee approves amendment aligning deputy sheriffs' contract with employee handbook
Summary
Committee approved amendments to the deputy sheriffs' collective bargaining agreement to align holiday and sick-leave language with the recently updated employee handbook; wage issues were noted as a separate budget matter.
The Richland County Public Safety Standing Committee voted to approve amendments to the deputy sheriffs' collective bargaining agreement to bring it into alignment with the county employee handbook.
Sheriff (speaker 4) explained the change is primarily administrative: it "is bringing the collective bargaining agreement in line with the employee handbook" and includes adding holidays (specifically the day after Thanksgiving and related holiday language) and cleaning up sick-leave accrual language. He said the earlier handbook addendum for non-union staff had already been approved and this change extends those same holiday provisions and clarified accrual text to the union contract.
Committee member asked whether wage changes were included; the sheriff and other members said wage matters are separate and would need to be addressed in a future budget cycle. Cosgrove moved to adopt the amendments and Fleming seconded; the committee recorded a voice vote of approval with no opposition noted.
The committee recorded the amendment as passed and did not set wage changes in this action.
