Board updates employee manual: disciplinary, grievance, injury and social-media policies approved

The board approved several updates to county personnel policies intended to modernize language and align policies with the administrative coordinator job description.

Resolution 2025-01 revised policy 205 (corrective and disciplinary actions) to reflect current practice and insert the administrative coordinator role into disciplinary processes; the sponsoring supervisor noted the policy had not been updated after organizational changes. Resolution 2025-02 amended the grievance procedure (policy 207) to rename committees (personnel → general government), insert the administrative coordinator in the flow, and allow department-head grievances to be submitted directly to the general government committee in certain circumstances. Resolution 2025-03 updated policy 715 on injury and illness to allow the county to request a doctor's note (rather than require one) and added options for paid or unpaid leave time for work-related injury; the policy also described reimbursement and pay-back processes tied to workers' compensation.

Separately, Resolution 2025-04 updated social-media guidance (policy 303) to prohibit social-media use on county-issued devices unless an employee is an authorized social-media user and to limit social-media use on personal devices to break times. County staff explained authorization requires an explicit IT request that can be enabled within roughly 1.5 minutes when necessary. Supervisors discussed oversight and protections for department heads; all four resolutions passed by voice vote or show of hands.