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Grant County holds first reading of administrative code changes; special meeting set for second reading
Summary
At a May 20, 2026 meeting in Williamstown, the Grant County Fiscal Court completed a first reading of an ordinance to amend the county administrative code, detailing changes to full-time classification, holiday pay, vacation accrual, bereavement leave and occasional supervisor overtime; a special meeting for final consideration is scheduled May 22.
Grant County Fiscal Court held a first reading on May 20 of an ordinance to amend the county administrative code and scheduled a special meeting for May 22 to consider a second reading.
The court summarized five principal changes during the hearing. County Judge Chuck Dills said the definition of a full-time position will change from 40 hours to 30 or more hours per week; the revision is intended to align administrative code language with current employment practices. "The language that was getting changed ... to be classified under the full-time position is 30 hours plus per week," the judge stated during the reading.
Other clarifications include holiday pay and vacation accrual. The ordinance adds that holiday pay will be calculated at an employee's straight-time pay rate but will not exceed eight hours of holiday pay, intended to equalize pay for employees on different shift lengths. The county also corrected a longstanding typo in the vacation section, changing the top accrual tier from 15 years of service to 20 years to reflect the policy that has been in practice.
Bereavement leave language was broadened to explicitly include a wider set of family relations and caregivers (for example, a spouse's parents and grandparents), reflecting contemporary family arrangements. The revision to section 5.35 clarifies that supervisors—previously categorically ineligible—may be entitled to overtime compensation during extraordinary or emergency situations with approval of the County Judge Executive; the change was described as a case-by-case accommodation for events such as extended snow removal or storm response.
The court also noted an operational correction to the defined workweek, changing it to end Saturday instead of Friday to align the administrative code with how county facilities have been operating.
Judge Dills said the changes were largely technical and corrective but important to align the code with the county's policy manual and current practice. The special meeting to conduct the second reading of ordinance 2026-0301 is scheduled for Friday, May 22, at 9:00 a.m. at the Grant County Courthouse; the court did not take final action on the ordinance at the May 20 meeting.
