Warren County personnel committee approves staffing and policy changes; commenter urges separate nepotism policy

The Warren County personnel committee approved several staffing and salary adjustments and adopted two county policies, and a staff member urged the committee to remove a nepotism provision from the county's newly updated code of ethics and have the risk and safety committee draft a standalone nepotism policy.

The committee's chair called the meeting to order and approved the March 5 minutes before moving through the action agenda. Motions were handled by voice vote; the chair called for ayes and recorded no opposition on the motions that passed.

A staff member who identified concerns with the recently updated code of ethics told the committee the rewrite aligned definitions with New York General Municipal Law, Article 18, but that the preexisting nepotism provision (Section 17) did not fit the new definitions. "I would suggest that as we move forward ... that the committee consider removing the nepotism section out…