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Council asks staff to draft residency-radius option for exempt employees; HR to return next week
Summary
Council debated whether exempt department heads must live inside Cedar City limits or within a measured radius. Human Resources proposed clarifications; council asked staff to draft a City Hall–based radius (consistent with public-safety policy) to return next week.
Natasha Hershey, the human-resources director, presented several housekeeping changes to the personnel policy and raised a substantive question about residency requirements for exempt employees. The current policy requires department heads to live within city limits, with some previous exceptions (library director, economic development director). Hershey asked for council direction about whether to keep the city‑limits rule or adopt a radius-based test (for example, a 25‑mile radius measured from City Hall, consistent with the city’s public-safety take‑home vehicle policy).
Councilmembers debated trade-offs: local accountability and taxpayer representation versus recruitment, retention and affordability for promoted employees who already live nearby. Multiple members favored a radius tied to City Hall, excluding remote high-elevation locations (Brian Head/Cedar Mountain) for practical winter-access reasons. The council asked staff to draft policy language using City Hall as the reference point and return the revised policy at the next meeting.
The personnel changes also include minor housekeeping edits (chapter numbering, FMLA timing increase from five to 10 days before filing) and a clarifying addition to exempt-employee leave increments.
