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Commission approves promotions, hires, retiree-health contribution and four-day workweek policy
Summary
The commission approved several personnel moves—internal promotions, a part-time hire and acceptance of resignations—set a $125 monthly retiree supplemental contribution for 2026, and adopted a nonunion four-day workweek policy effective Nov. 29, 2025, after debate about holiday treatment and shift-worker fairness.
At its Nov. 18 special meeting, the Hancock County Board of Commissioners approved a package of personnel and policy actions.
Personnel: The commission accepted the resignation of primary animal care officer Daniel Kaye (effective 11/15/2025) and promoted Nicole from secondary to primary regional animal control officer at an annual rate noted as $26 per hour effective 11/22/2025. Commissioners also approved promoting Emily Carver to full-time (effective 11/22/2025), approved a temporary shift-corporal working-out-of-classification assignment for corrections officer Travis True under the collective bargaining agreement (article 24, section 4), accepted a resignation from corrections officer Alex Leiske (effective 11/06/2125, per the record) and hired Hunter as a part-time on-call corrections officer at level IA effective 11/22/2025 (no benefits).
Benefits and policy: Commissioners set the county monthly contribution for retiree supplemental health insurance at $125 per month for 2026 (motion carried). The board also adopted a nonunion four-day (4x10) workweek policy effective 11/29/2025 after airing concerns about holiday-week pay, shift-worker fairness and the ability to revert to a five-day schedule; one commissioner recorded opposition during the vote.
Votes on personnel matters were recorded as voice votes during the meeting; specific roll-call tallies by name were not provided in the transcript.
