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Marshall County reads sweeping changes to administrative code, including 200-hour compensatory-time cap
Summary
The Fiscal Court gave first reading to Ordinance 2026-06, which amends the county administrative code to set a 200-hour cap on compensatory time for exempt employees, update retirement and training-incentive rules, revise expense-reimbursement language, and alter the drug-testing panel.
Marshall County presented a first reading July 2 of Ordinance 2026-06, a broad amendment to the county administrative code that updates personnel definitions, pay and leave rules, retirement participation, and drug-testing procedures.
Mr. Pagel read the proposed ordinance, noting changes to definitions and personnel policies. Among the notable revisions, the ordinance would cap compensatory time for exempt employees at 200 hours and require employees currently over that cap to take a minimum of two days off per month until their balances fall below the limit. The reading also revises participation rules for the Kentucky Retirement System and requires employees who plan to retire to provide 90 days' written notice to the county judge or supervisor, subject to exceptions for good cause.
The amendments would create a training-incentive payment for the treasurer and assistant treasurer: additional incentive payments once per calendar year for each 40-hour training unit completed, up to four payments per year, with annual rates tied to the Department for Local Government's published rates adjusted by the consumer price index. Expense-reimbursement language was also updated to reference a per-diem set by the Marshall County fiscal court, preferred rental programs, and use of federal mileage rates when appropriate.
The ordinance replaces an older, longer drug-testing panel with a revised list of substances to be tested under the county's drug-free workplace policy, naming categories such as amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine metabolites, marijuana metabolites, methadone, opiates, oxycodone and fentanyl-related substances. The changes were read for first reading; additional review and a subsequent vote would be required for adoption.
"Edge of your seat stuff here," Mr. Pagel said while presenting the material, and the court received the ordinance on first reading.
Because this was a first reading, no final vote on the ordinance was recorded at the July 2 meeting.
