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Weaverville council adopts personnel-policy amendments covering leave, harassment and 401(k) contributions
Summary
Council approved a resolution amending personnel, harassment, workplace-violence and grievance policies, increasing minimum annual leave to three weeks, expanding paternity leave to four weeks, clarifying negative-balance sick-leave and adding automatic 401(k) contributions with matching funded in the budget.
The Weaverville Town Council voted to adopt a resolution on June 8 that amends the town’s personnel policies, including changes to leave accrual, harassment and grievance procedures, workplace-violence prevention, and retirement contributions.
Town Manager Matthew Harris reviewed the proposed policy amendments. The key changes include raising the minimum annual leave to three weeks for all employees, clarifying rules around negative-balance sick leave and the conditions under which leave without pay may be used, expanding paid paternity leave from two weeks to four weeks, and implementing automatic 401(k) contributions with matching funded in the adopted budget. Harris said employees will receive copies of the policy changes and must acknowledge they have read them.
Council Member (Speaker 6) moved to adopt the resolution amending the personnel policy and related procedures (dated 05/18/2026). After brief procedural questions about implementation and employee notification the council approved the resolution by voice vote.
Staff will disseminate the updated policies, require employee acknowledgment of the changes and continue pay-plan work for separate adoption of fire- and police-specific pay plans at a future meeting.
