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County assessor pushes policy handbook; commissioners note HR gap and consider contracting HR services
Summary
Assessor Mallory Lempka proposed creating a countywide policy handbook covering vehicle use, leave tracking, courthouse opening/closing and committee composition. Commissioners and officials raised concerns about the lack of an HR representative and discussed a temporary contract option with Zelle, which currently provides part-time on-site HR to York County.
County Assessor Mallory Lempka told the Nemaha County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 5 that she would like the county to create a comprehensive policy handbook and establish a standing committee to draft it, with department heads or their designees serving on each committee.
Lempka outlined a set of specific policy topics she recommended the handbook include: washing vehicles; vehicle usage procedures including maintenance and check-out logs; procedures for lost keys; sick and vacation tracking; formal procedures to open and close the courthouse (including responsibilities such as sweeping and scheduling); updated job descriptions to clarify chain of command; committee-creation rules that require participation from every department head and elected official (or a designated representative); and a boiler procedure specifying operating temperatures and who is responsible for boiler operation (the minutes note the basement has no heat source other than the boiler).
Officials present — including Clerk of District Court Mary Mellage and Treasurer Jana Gerdes — raised concerns about the lack of an on‑site human-resources representative for Nemaha County. The minutes record that York County contracts with an HR provider, Zelle, to provide on-site HR one day every two weeks; the minutes include Zelle contact details as an example for the board to consider. No contract was approved during the meeting; the item remains for follow-up as the board considers committee structure and a timeline for drafting the handbook.
The minutes record that the policy handbook idea and committee rules will be an agenda item for future meetings and that county officials will further discuss the HR coverage options and staffing for sustained oversight.
