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Council tables 2026 employee handbook to Jan. 20 after additional questions
Summary
Council voted to retable final approval of the 2026 employee handbook to the next regular meeting on Jan. 20, 2026, after administration offered to compile additional member questions and provide responses.
The Wayne City Council moved to take the 2026 employee handbook from the table for discussion, but after members raised further questions the administration offered to gather answers and suggested retabling final approval. Councilmember Quarles amended his motion to table the handbook to the next regular council meeting on Jan. 20, 2026; the amendment was supported and carried on roll call.
During discussion administration said some outstanding questions related to items that are subject to state or federal law and cannot be changed, while other concerns appeared to be questions of interpretation that could be clarified by additional language or by placing a subject in a separate policy rather than the handbook. Administration offered to compile member questions and provide written responses prior to the next meeting.
The motion to table was recorded as an amended motion by Quarles and supported by Mayor Pro Tem Brock; a roll call was taken and the motion carried. No substantive changes to handbook language were adopted at this meeting; the council will revisit the item on Jan. 20, 2026.
