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Elkhart County commissioners adopt ordinance updating personnel policy to comply with Indiana law

Elkhart County Board of Commissioners · December 1, 2025
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Summary

On Dec. 1, 2025, the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted an ordinance amending the county personnel policy and procedures manual to clarify contractor status, payroll handling, meal breaks and time-card approvals, and to add sections required under new Indiana law.

Elkhart County commissioners unanimously adopted an ordinance on Dec. 1, 2025, that amends the county's personnel policy and standard procedures manual to align several internal rules with state law and current payroll practice. County Attorney Steve Olson presented the ordinance and outlined the primary changes to the board.

Olson told the board, "We're making changes to policy 1.01306313409, all in connection with this becoming just a manual and no longer having a handbook." He said the revisions clarify that…

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