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Crisfield council adopts amendment to employee handbook restricting cannabis use for city employees
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 7‑36 updating the Crisfield employee handbook to clarify compensatory time rules and to prohibit cannabis use by employees during employment except for employees with a valid prescription who are not in safety‑sensitive positions; the ordinance passed on a voice vote.
The Crisfield Mayor and Council approved Ordinance 7‑36, a second‑reading amendment to the city’s employee handbook.
Mister Louvadatti (speaker 14) read the ordinance, which modifies compensatory time rules to require department heads to work at least a half hour beyond their regular work day before receiving comp time and requires that awarded comp time be taken within 30 days or be forfeited. The ordinance also tightens conduct provisions to prohibit an employee's purchase, sale, possession, use, manufacture or distribution of illegal drugs at any time during employment and specifically bars cannabis use during employment unless the employee has a valid prescription and is not in a safety‑sensitive position. Safety‑sensitive positions were described as first responders and those who operate city machinery.
A council member moved to approve Ordinance 7‑36 and a second was recorded; the motion carried by voice vote.
What's next: The mayor circulated the ordinance copy for signatures and staff will implement the new documentation and personnel procedures described in the ordinance.
