Commissioners adopt termination-procedure update, consider special-compensation changes for RCC director
Summary
The commission approved updates to the personnel policy termination section and discussed amendments to special-compensation language to recognize the RCC director's on-call duties while avoiding jeopardizing exempt status; commissioners asked staff to draft cleaner language and return during the budget process.
Commissioners voted to adopt an updated six-step termination procedure for the county personnel policy intended to give department heads clearer guidance when termination is possible. The motion to approve the proposed changes to the termination section was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Separately, staff proposed updating the special-compensation section to extend certain overtime or compensatory arrangements to the RCC director, who frequently covers shifts on short notice. Several commissioners raised concerns that specifying a 40-hour overtime threshold or time-and-a-half for a salary-exempt director could jeopardize exempt status under wage-and-hour rules. Commissioners instructed staff to reword the proposal to achieve the policy's goal—recognition and compensation for extra duties—without creating a punch-clock requirement that could change the director's exempt classification.
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