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Kingsville adopts mental-health leave policy, reinstates expirations for flex leave
Summary
The commission adopted a paid mental-health leave policy (up to 40 consecutive work hours per year) for eligible employees and approved a revision to the flex-leave policy to reinstate 12-month expiration dates for flex and birthday hours; existing balances must be used by Nov. 30, 2025.
The City of Kingsville approved two personnel-policy changes on Nov. 1: a new paid mental-health leave policy (Policy 7.8.0-1) and a revision to the flex-leave policy (Policy 7-31) that clarifies expiration dates.
Speaker 4 presented the mental-health leave policy, explaining it expands guidance in Texas Local Government Code Chapter 6.14.015 beyond peace officers and telecommunications personnel to include all full- and part-time city employees. The policy defines traumatic events and lists examples such as officer-involved shootings, investigations involving…
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