The Washington County Supervisors on Tuesday, March 22 quickly approved eight major items but definition problems about a non-full-time employee category led to tabling the issue until next …
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The Washington County Supervisors on Tuesday, March 22 quickly approved eight major items but definition problems about a non-full-time employee category led to tabling the issue until next week. The request, from Ambulance Department director Jeremy Peck, is a minimum work requirement for non-full time staff setting a minimum of 24 hours throughout a two pay period block to be added to the department’s policy manual.
The resulting discussion ranged from the county’s existing policy of having full and part-time definitions, including regular and part-time. The proposed change would allow for casual, last minute on-call part-time, often involving personnel that have full-time other employment, are students or have other obligations but could be available on short notice.
During the discussion, Peck explained that the issue had arisen some weeks ago and involved a series of e-mails with a non-full-time employee, all of which were forwarded to the board. He also said there had been two such personnel in the past; currently, there are none. The request also drew comments about parallels with positions in county roads and conservation departments, as well as the fact departments have different needs and duties. Especially in the ambulance service which, as Peck stressed, “deals with people’s lives” and could be a policy just for the ambulance department.
There also was a question if the addition would affect the county employee handbook, if the county attorney had reviewed the request (he had not) and tabling it until the county’s HR officer was present. The motion to table was approved 5-0 with the officer expected at the March 29 meeting.
Passage of the county’s reprecincting ordinance, discussed in detail last week, but tabled to allow for all five to vote, passed 5-0 at the meeting’s start.
County Author Dan Widmer briefly noted that the ordinance, which had not met opposition, “was the result of lots of hard work and invested time” by the committee and county employees. In the previous metering, the board had acknowledged the work and the results.
In other business the board approved hiring Carl A. Nelson & Company, as the Construction Management Agency for renovation to relocate county offices and Public Health Clinics.
