At a special session, the Greene County council approved an updated personnel handbook that consolidates sick and vacation leave into a single paid time off (PTO) policy and formally incorporates a revised EMS appendix addressing work-hour practices and overtime.

The move came after Unidentified Speaker 3 asked that the EMS appendix be explicitly included in the motion. "Just wanted to make sure that the proposed motion included approval not only of the proposed handbook revisions, but also the proposed revisions to the EMS appendix," Unidentified Speaker 3 said. The speaker explained the appendix updates reflect established practice for EMS staff — a 40-hour schedule with overtime paid for hours beyond 40 — and noted the policy had been used under former supervisor Doug Hall but not yet codified in the appendix.

Unidentified Speaker 2 described the handbook changes that prompted the session, saying the update rolls sick time and vacation into "what's called PTO, paid time off," a change intended to give employees more scheduling flexibility. On distribution, Unidentified Speaker 3 said the county would circulate a PDF by email to all employees and post the handbook in the employee resources section of the county website, likely by the end of the next day.

Karen made the motion to approve both the personnel handbook and the EMS appendix. A second was recorded and the chair called for an affirmative voice vote; the motion passed on a voice "aye" with no roll-call tally provided in the record.

During "other business," Unidentified Speaker 4 asked to speak and offered an apology for an outburst at the prior meeting: "My comments, my choice of words were not professional. I have overcome it. I'm truly sorry," Unidentified Speaker 4 said. Unidentified Speaker 3 reminded members that special sessions are advertised for a single issue and cautioned about raising unrelated matters.

The council then moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.

Notes: The transcript records the motion, a voice affirmative and posts to the county website and email as the follow-up steps. No roll-call vote or numerical tally of ayes/nays was recorded in the provided proceedings.