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Emmet County supervisors approve some personnel-policy changes, deny others after debate
Summary
After debate, the Emmet County Board approved changes letting department heads set employee hours and approving a $0.50 tile intake premium for full-time staff, while denying proposed increases to sheriff sick accrual and a five-week vacation proposal; final policy language will be drafted by counsel.
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors on May 26 approved several targeted changes to the county personnel policy while rejecting other proposed benefits after a lengthy debate.
Chairperson Lisa Hansen presided as the board denied a request to increase monthly sick-leave accrual for sheriff’s department employees from 8 to 10 hours. Supervisor Jeff Quastad moved to deny that change; Supervisor John Pluth seconded the motion and the board voted unanimously to deny it. The board also rejected a proposal to grant five weeks of vacation after 20 years of service on a unanimous vote after a motion by Pluth and second by Quastad.
Vice-Chair Tim Schumacher successfully moved to allow department heads to designate employees’ scheduled hours within the personnel-policy definitions of full time (40, 37.5, or 30 hours) to eliminate the current full-time pro-rate accounting process. That motion passed on a unanimous vote.
Supervisors debated a broader longevity-pay proposal from Supervisor John Pluth that would have increased secondary-road longevity pay and extended monthly longevity payments to a list of county positions. That motion failed on a 3–2 vote, with Pluth and Supervisor Todd Glasnapp voting in favor and Vice-Chair Schumacher, Quastad and Chair Hansen opposed.
Pluth then amended his motion to raise the tile intake premium to $0.50 per hour and to apply it to full-time employees; Supervisor Glasnapp seconded. The amendment carried on a 3–2 vote (Hansen, Pluth and Glasnapp voting aye; Schumacher and Quastad voting nay), approving the $0.50 hourly premium for full-time employees.
Auditor Heidi Goebel said the approved personnel-policy changes will be sent to the law firm Ahlers and Cooney to produce a new personnel-policy draft, including changes needed because of the disbanding of the secondary roads’ and dispatchers’ collective bargaining units. The board directed that the revised personnel policy be returned for board action by the end of June; effective dates will be either the adoption date or a date the board sets.
The actions alter compensation and administrative rules for county staff and will be reflected in the new personnel-policy document drafted by counsel before final board adoption.
