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Council debate over handbook and payroll errors puts clerk on notice to review pay stubs
Summary
Councilors and town employees debated conflicting handbook language about whether vacation, holiday and personal time count as hours worked, and several staff raised alleged pay miscalculations; the chair directed the clerk to meet individually with employees to resolve outstanding payroll issues before the next payroll.
A prolonged discussion at the March 5 Kingsford Heights Town Council meeting centered on which types of leave count as "hours worked" under the town handbook and whether recent payrolls contained errors that left employees underpaid.
The issue was raised after a council member requested official clarification — by ordinance or resolution — about whether vacation, holiday and personal time count as hours worked. The council compared an older handbook that said vacation counted as time worked with a 2024 handbook that is vague…
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