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Westfield board adopts 2026 personnel policy updates including drug-testing and expanded military leave
Summary
The board adopted modest updates to the 2026 personnel manual: oral‑swab testing for sworn officers, four post-accident testing triggers, military leave expanded to 360 hours, bereavement expanded to include pregnancy loss, and councilors made eligible for PERF effective Jan. 1, 2026.
The Westfield Board of Public Works and Safety on Nov. 19 adopted the city’s 2026 personnel manual with a set of targeted updates affecting public-safety employees and benefits.
Brady Logs, director of human resources, outlined the principal changes. The drug-and-alcohol section (2.07) was updated to allow an oral-swab for drug testing for sworn police and fire personnel; Logs said the policy also defines four post-accident…
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