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Comm. Hinutes--August 1, 1990 494 Mr. Riches said this is fairly standard where the merit system is involved. Mr. Wieland suggested asking the States Attorney to determine whether or not the commission can require the county or state who had the obligation to reimburse the new county in terms of cash or require that them to pay the employee directly. Mr. Wieland asked Mr. Riches to investigate potential legislation in regard to this issue and the entire set of double standards involving state vs. county benefits. SECTION 4.4 EDUCATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT Line 15--add "and Commission Chairman" to the approval of applications for educational reimbursement. SECTION 4.5 EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP) Hr. Riches said he is a very strong proponent of employee assistance programs, and he recommended a program whereby the provider would bill the county confidentially per time per employee rather than the county paying money up front. He said he will include a dollar figure in the 1991 budget. Mr. Montplaisir did not think Hr. Riches would be obligated to call for bids. Page 20, paragraph 4--language to be changed as follows: sick leave 'will~ be used" instead of may be used. "...accrued SECTION 4.6 FUNERAL LEAVE Funeral leave for part-time employees will accrue on a pro-rata basis to be consistent with other benefits. SECTION 4.8 HOLIDAYS The proposed policy adds one paid holiday for all regular employees, Friday after Thanksgiving. Mr. Riches said a majority of counties in the state are closed that day. He doesn't think it's appropriate to have some departments open and some closed, as present policy allows. Mr. Shannon said employees could take the day off as a day of annual leave. He referred to the policy on holidays adopted by the Commission last December. Mr. Wieland expressed concern about being closed four days in a row. Mr. Riches said current policy allows county offices to be closed four days in a row for Christmas. Mrs. Toussaint was concerned about confusion by the public and thought all offices should be the same, either open or closed. Mr. Wieland asked for further review on this section. Hearing no major objection, Mr. Shannon said existing policy is the policy to be considered as of this draft. Page 22--Mr. Shannon questioned the policy on holiday overtime, and Mr. Riches said there is no current policy on this. Sheriff Don Rudnick said his department limits the number of people working on a holiday. Mr. Wieland suggested that the Sheriff, Personnel Director and Commissioner Eckert review this policy.