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Board approves vacation accrual increases for three certified sheriff command staff
Summary
The board approved adjustments to vacation accruals for three certified sergeants after the sheriff said they had been overlooked during prior negotiations; the change drew one supervisor's recorded opposition and uses approximate accrual step increases described in the meeting.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors voted June 15 to raise vacation accruals for three certified sheriff command staff after Sheriff Quinn Ree said the employees had been overlooked when accrual steps were adjusted during last year’s union negotiations.
Sheriff Ree told the board the change is meant to align these sergeants with comparable certified hires used for recruitment and retention; the sheriff said two of the affected sergeants would move to an accrual roughly described as "five and a half" and a third to about "6.15" (figures were given approximately during discussion and must be confirmed in payroll records).
Board members asked how the adjustments fit with the county’s typical vacation policy and when similar moves occur. Sheriff Ree said the adjustments resulted from prior bargaining and that the request affects only three sergeants; other command staff were already at maximum accrual and one sergeant who went through the academy was not affected.
A motion to approve the adjustments passed; one supervisor said "I opposed" during the voice vote but the motion carried. The board did not detail exact accrual step codes on the record; payroll staff will need to implement the new accrual levels and confirm precise step placement.
