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Hays County honors employees, recognizes compliance training and mental-health efforts
Summary
The commissioner's court presented monthly service awards, recognized an 86% countywide completion rate for newly launched compliance training, and adopted proclamations for autism, mental-health, soil and water stewardship, jury appreciation, and corrections-week.
The Hays County Commissioner's Court opened April business by recognizing employee service anniversaries and department achievements. David Riggs from Human Resources read multiple service-award recipients across county offices and invited winners forward for photographs.
Kayla Doyle (Human Resources) reported that the county's first countywide compliance training rollout achieved an 86% completion rate with more than 1,000 employees completing assigned courses; 24 of 44 departments reached 100% completion and the tax assessor-collector's office achieved full participation. "That's over 1,000 employees completing their training countywide," Doyle said. Several proclamations were adopted, including autism awareness (with Dr. Isabela Vigil and Aspen Flowers describing local supports), mental-health awareness (Matthew Gonzales and partners outlined county behavioral-health initiatives and a May 28 mental-health fair), soil and water stewardship (Cliff Caskey highlighted flood-control dams and extension outreach), jury appreciation (Amanda Calvert described jury-day plans and volunteer support) and National Corrections Officers Week (remarks from jail command staff).
The proclamations were adopted by unanimous roll call and several speakers praised county partnerships with local cities, school districts and nonprofits that support public-health, conservation and workforce development.
