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Council reviews proposed employee handbook updates and new standalone travel policy; adoption requested for Jan. 1
Summary
City staff presented a redlined employee handbook with housekeeping, compliance, and several operational changes — including a switch to biweekly vacation accrual, revised holiday pay (8 hours plus time-and-a-half for work on holidays), and a separate travel policy using the GSA per diem — and asked the council to consider adopting them effective Jan. 1.
City staff presented proposed revisions to the employee handbook and a new standalone travel policy and asked the Navasota City Council to consider adopting the documents effective Jan. 1. The presentation covered housekeeping edits, policy clarifications, and several operational changes intended to modernize administration and align practices with state guidance.
Robert Hemberg, the staff presenter, said the revisions are organized into three tiers: Tier 1 housekeeping changes such as removing the organizational chart and updating terminology ("automotive services" renamed "fleet services"); Tier 2 clarifications and compliance updates; and Tier 3 more substantive operational adjustments. "If you do so choose to adopt them, we make them effective January 1," Hemberg said.
Key proposed operational changes include switching vacation accrual to biweekly to align with pay periods, adding an extra accrual step in the 10–20 year range, and keeping separate accrual schedules for 24-hour shift firefighters. Hemberg described a maximum vacation accrual (currently a year) while exploring…
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