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Clackamas County holds first reading to move personnel rules from county code into employee policies
Summary
At its July 9 meeting the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners held a first reading of an ordinance to remove personnel sections of county code chapter 2.05 and replace them with Employee Policies & Procedures (EPP 70 and 71); the board read the ordinance by title only and set a second hearing for July 23.
The Clackamas County Board of Commissioners on July 9 held the first reading of an ordinance to move personnel provisions out of county code and into employee policies, with the board voting to read the ordinance by title only.
Assistant County Counsel Jeff Muns told the board the change removes sections of chapter 2.05 that cover classification and compensation and replaces them with policies labeled EPP 70 and 71. "It removes provisions relating to classification and compensation, replaces those with EPP 70 and 71," Muns said, adding that policies make it easier to update provisions "because laws change, cases, and the policies provisions need to be up to date." He said the policies will cover pay administration, probationary periods, compensation plan, status changes, layoff and seniority.
The board voted to read the ordinance by title only on a 4–0 roll-call vote. The clerk assigned the ordinance number as recorded in the meeting packet and read the title: an ordinance amending Clackamas County code chapter 2.05, personnel policies and procedures for Clackamas County employees, "and declaring an emergency." The board scheduled the second required public hearing for July 23.
Why it matters: moving detailed personnel rules into policy can allow county administrators to respond more quickly to legal and regulatory changes without repeated code amendments. The county said there is no fiscal impact and no county general funds are involved in this action.
The board did not receive public comment on the ordinance during this hearing; the matter will return for the second hearing at the July 23 business meeting.
