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Commissioners set annual performance appraisals, discuss clerk hire
Summary
The board adopted annual performance appraisals with a six-month probationary review for new hires and discussed a clerk hire pending background check; department-head probation language was clarified in the handbook.
Daniels County commissioners reviewed updated personnel-handbook language and took action on performance-appraisal timing during their May 18 meeting.
Commissioner (S3) reviewed a Montana statute on county boards of health and raised concerns about other statutory language; later the board debated handbook language about performance appraisals and probationary periods. The commission voted to make performance appraisals annual and require a six-month probationary review for new employees (with earlier review if a supervisor deems it necessary). One commissioner suggested department heads have an extended probationary period in the handbook language; the board amended verbiage to clarify the intent.
The board also discussed a clerk position for which three candidates had been interviewed and a candidate selected subject to a background check. A commissioner explained the clerk's responsibilities go beyond microfilm to include indexing incoming documents, managing election files, answering phones and maintaining hard-copy records.
Why it matters: Setting an appraisal schedule and clearer probation language affects how staff performance is monitored and documented; approving a clerk hire fills a critical administrative function for records and elections.
Next steps: The board asked staff to complete the candidate background check and to provide a finalized handbook language draft that clarifies probation and appraisal frequency.
