Council reviews personnel handbook updates and adopts new employee evaluation form

Councilwoman Lana Kirkpatrick, representing the Personnel Committee, presented recommended revisions to the Personnel Handbook focused primarily on cleanup of outdated language and structural changes, including consolidating vacation and PTO into a unified days-based system. Kirkpatrick said revisions reflect the creation of the Personnel Committee and redirect certain personnel matters to that committee.

Finance Officer Darrell Baucom noted the handbook's language about full-time salaried employees did not match the actual hourly arrangement for Administrator Melody Braswell and suggested the committee address pay classification distinctions; he also supported comparative salary studies with other county municipalities. In a separate item, Councilman Jeff Broadaway presented and the Council adopted a two-part employee performance evaluation form with a 1-to-4 rating scale; the motion to adopt the form carried unanimously.