Rock County board narrows overtime for occasional and sporadic duties

County Clerk Daunitta J. Buoy told the Rock County Board of Commissioners on April 15 that she had researched Title 29 — Labor §553.30 on occasional or sporadic employment and consulted the State Auditor’s office about employees performing duties in multiple departments.

Buoy recommended the county treat certain cross-department duties as occasional and sporadic and not pay overtime when that work is unrelated to an employee’s full-time county position. Commissioners Faye Smith, Colby Sybrant and Chairman Wade Hollenbeck approved the recommendation on a motion by Smith, seconded by Sybrant; the roll-call vote was recorded as "All For, None Against." The motion carried unanimously.

The board did not record additional procedural steps or a timetable for implementation in the minutes. Neither the minutes nor the Clerk’s presentation specified how many employees are affected or list individual positions; those details were not provided and are not specified in the record.

The change is documented in the minutes as referencing Title 29 — Labor §553.30 (occasional or sporadic employment, section 7(p)(2)) and the Clerk’s contact with the State Auditor’s office. The board did not attach a written policy to the minutes at this meeting and provided no vote-by-name roll call beyond the unanimous tally.

Commissioners did not indicate an effective date beyond the motion’s approval; the board did not identify any immediate pay adjustments in the minutes.