Lyon County updates employee-classification language in administrative code to meet auditor guidance

Lyon County’s fiscal court approved an amendment to the county administrative code on April 21 to align employee-classification language with statutory and auditor requirements.

The chair presented a redlined version of the administrative code that relocates the classification of employees from chapter 5 section 5.8 to section 5.7 in the rewritten code and updates terminology for full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary positions as well as exempt and non-exempt classifications. "So in our current employee handbook, the classification of employees is section 5.8. In the new handbook, that will be section 5.7," the chair said. He added the county will review the administrative code during the month of June to ensure compliance.

The chair said the clerk and sheriff may maintain their own personnel policies if they choose, but because the treasurer handles payroll and issues checks, the counties’ classification definitions must be consistent. He noted auditors flagged the terminology and that the change is to comply with auditor comments; the chair emphasized this was not a disciplinary finding but an update to terminology.

A motion to amend the admin code as presented was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote. The chair said the full updated code should be available by June and that the judge-executive may propose further amendments to be approved by a majority of the fiscal court.

Next steps: the judge-executive’s office will finalize the redlined code and provide it to the court; a code review is planned for June.