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Commissioners direct end to non-employees operating county equipment, cite insurance limits
Summary
The board directed that non-employees must stop operating county equipment after Auditor Kessel confirmed the policy manual prohibits the practice and county insurance does not cover non-employees.
Commissioners discussed the county's practice of allowing non-employees to operate county equipment and concluded the practice must end. Auditor Marcia Kessel told the board that the county policy manual prohibits non-employees from operating equipment and that the county’s insurance would not cover incidents involving non-employees; the board directed that the practice stop.
The directive applies to county-owned equipment used on county business. No specific disciplinary steps were recorded in the minutes; the board provided direction to cease the practice and rely on existing policy and insurance limitations. The action followed departmental reports and safety discussions about road and maintenance operations.
