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Bourbon County commissioners advance major edits to employee handbook, send draft for legal review
Summary
After a line‑by‑line special meeting Jan. 15, Bourbon County commissioners approved a package of edits to a 65‑page employee handbook — including new leave rules and procedural clarifications — and agreed to send the corrected draft to county counsel and the Kansas County Association of Municipalities for legal review before final adoption.
Bourbon County commissioners spent a special meeting Jan. 15 reviewing and voting on edits to a 65‑page draft employee handbook, approving multiple policy changes and agreeing to send the corrected draft to county counsel for legal review and then to the Kansas County Association of Municipalities for final review.
Commissioner Samuel Tran, who chaired the session, opened the meeting by saying the handbook is “about the organization,” not any single department, and asked department heads and elected officials to offer focused proposals. Early in the meeting Tran moved the board into a 20‑minute executive session under KSA 75‑4319(b)(2) for attorney consultation; the motion carried and commissioners…
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