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Polk County commissioners approve personnel payouts, cap holiday accruals and authorize DA to hire contract prosecutors
Summary
Polk County Commissioners on Dec. 23 approved routine personnel actions including FLSA/holiday payouts for sheriff and jail staff, a new 15-day cap on holiday accruals, FY2025–FY2026 budget amendments, and authorization for the district attorney to use contract attorneys funded from unused DA salary lines.
POLK COUNTY — Polk County Commissioners on Tuesday approved several routine but substantive personnel and budget measures, including payouts of accrued FLSA and holiday time for sheriff’s office and jail staff, a countywide cap on holiday accruals and an authorization for the district attorney to hire contract prosecutors using unused salary funds.
The court voted to approve personnel action forms and confirm there were no emergency hires since the last meeting. Jamie Richardson, representing Justice and Peace Precinct 4, asked the court to allow one-time discretionary payments of $671.33 each to Sharon Patterson, Mamie Robinson and Claudia Davalos; the court approved that request, which reduces Richardson’s discretionary balance to…
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