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La Plata council adopts employee‑handbook revisions, resignation‑to‑run rule and policy on letters of support
Summary
At its June 23 meeting La Plata's council adopted Ordinance 26-14 (employee handbook revisions), Ordinance 26-03 (resign-to-run requirement), and Resolution 26-37 (policy on requests for letters of support); votes were taken by voice and staff will implement administrative steps described in the policy.
The La Plata Town Council approved multiple legislative items June 23, including updates to the town employee handbook, a resign-to-run ordinance for certain candidates, and a new policy to standardize requests for letters of support.
Ordinance 26-14, adopted on second reading, revises town personnel rules including policies on workplace civility, gift acceptance, workplace communications, vacation accruals, sale of leave and heat‑related illness prevention. A motion to adopt passed by voice vote; the ordinance will take effect per the town's standard adoption timeline.
Ordinance 26-03, also adopted on second reading, requires incumbents seeking candidacy for a position other than reelection to resign their current town position before filing for a different office. That ordinance likewise passed by voice vote.
Resolution 26-37 creates a formal procedure for letters of support or recommendation: requesters must submit written requests to the town manager at least four weeks before council consideration, include a draft letter, project description, program justification, alignment with town priorities and disclosure of any expected commitments; staff will prepare a memorandum and the mayor will sign approved letters. Staff said adoption has no direct fiscal impact and will implement a web-based submission form.
Each action was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote during the meeting; the transcript records the motions and the chair's announcement that the motions "carried," but does not include numerical roll-call tallies in the minutes for these items.
