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Muskegon County board approves personnel-rule change to let directors approve downgrades
Summary
Muskegon County commissioners approved a change to personnel rules that removes the board’s routine approval for employee downgrades, allowing department directors with administrator and finance sign-off to make such changes, which county HR officials said are intended as salary savings when within the approved budget.
Muskegon County commissioners at their regular meeting on Aug. 21 discussed and moved forward a change to county personnel rules that will allow department directors, together with the administrator and finance, to approve employee downgrades without seeking full board approval. Kristen Wade, the county’s human resources director, confirmed the change and said the rationale was that downgrades represent salary savings and the overall budget has already been approved by the board.
Wade explained that…
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