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Commissioners pause HR pay-policy changes, designate interim HR lead and shift payroll oversight to commission office
Summary
After months of policy discussion, commissioners continued proposed compensation-policy changes to allow more department-head input, acknowledged an interim HR leadership arrangement, and voted to place short-term administrative oversight of county payroll operations in the commission office while a stabilization plan is developed for the 2027 budget process.
Pennington County commissioners on Feb. 17 deferred final action on proposed revisions to the county's compensation policy and took two interim personnel steps: they supported naming the HR senior manager for temporary leadership oversight (formal appointment to be determined) and approved a short-term reassignment of administrative oversight for county payroll operations to the commission office.
Senior HR manager Sandy Sortland presented language changes intended…
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