Commission approves janitorial amendment, benefits update and HR job changes

At the Oct. 14 meeting commissioners approved several personnel and contract items presented by Human Resources.

Tammy Skrymovsky, HR, described an amendment to the county’s janitorial services agreement with Tidy Express that adds a rent-to-own provision for equipment the vendor will take ownership of after one year of renting. "This will have a rent to own agreement with the equipment that we have had and are no longer using because they're completing those services," Skrymovsky said. Commissioners moved the document for signature and the motion carried.

The commission also approved an updated Allegiance Flexible Benefits Plan to reflect that the 911 center is now part of Flathead County rather than listed as a separate employer. Skrymovsky presented several HR transmittals including a policy manual update on on-call duty (a two-hour minimum for callouts), multiple revised job descriptions (custodian, building maintenance worker) and the creation of a formal detention corporal job description. Commissioners approved the transmittals and job descriptions by voice vote.

HR reported 61 current position vacancies (seven seasonal), an average time-to-fill figure for recent postings, and a Health Insurance Trust Fund balance of $12,200,000 (a month-over-month decrease of about $285,000). The department is implementing new timeclock and payroll programming and preparing bargaining sessions with the sworn FOP group.

Ending: Commissioners carried the motions on all consent items; HR will continue rollout of the payroll/time-clock projects and follow up on union negotiations.