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Commissioners press for review after council clerk's accumulated comp time and minutes backlog
Summary
A lengthy exchange at the March 31 meeting focused on an employee’s accumulated comp time, missing council meeting minutes, and whether redistributing duties or reassessing responsibilities is needed; county HR outlined steps to reduce comp time and finalize missing minutes over the coming months.
A prolonged discussion at the Porter County commissioners meeting March 31 examined an employee’s accumulated comp time and a backlog of missing meeting minutes dating back several years, with at least one commissioner urging a personnel reassessment.
Speaker 9, human resources, said the countywide comp-time total rose by 88 hours this month, driven mainly by 24-hour and outside operations. HR described efforts to lower comp time, noting some departments have reduced balances and that the auditor’s office is helping to transcribe and finalize minutes that had been missing or delayed.
Commissioner-level comments were pointed. Speaker 1 said the board needed to know what would happen once the backlog was caught up and suggested that if the employee’s responsibilities were reduced and problems persisted “it’s reasonable to reassess her salary.” Speaker 1 also noted that approval procedures had allowed the employee to approve her own time cards in the past, a condition the county said it has changed to prevent recurrence.
HR (Speaker 9) said the approach is to finalize 5 minutes sets a month with the goal of catching up within about a year and that the auditor’s office is assisting to prevent further delay. Speaker 6 added procedural context, saying roughly 10 of 36 missing minutes had already been finalized and describing the transcription and verification process used by staff.
No formal personnel action was taken at the meeting; the exchange ended with direction for the HR and auditor teams to continue the transcription effort, to monitor comp time balances, and to maintain updated reporting to the board.
