Committee approves updates to employee handbook, restores break-time language and amends vehicle-use policy

The Finance Administration Committee voted to approve updates to the borough’s employee handbook on June 24. Staff said most changes implemented language the full council previously approved; one correction restored break-time provisions that had been omitted during drafting transitions.

Bureau Manager Maggie Dobbs explained that the additional edits largely reflected council direction made at the last meeting and that one older section on break times (section 4.1) was inadvertently dropped in transmission between drafters; the new draft restores that language. Dobbs also noted changes in sections 4.15 and 4.16 addressing vehicle use and volunteer fire company practices to better reflect existing practices. Committee members asked whether volunteer fire company members have a separate policy; staff answered that volunteers are covered under their own policies in some respects.

The committee approved the handbook updates by voice vote with no recorded objections. Staff said the changes implement prior council guidance and correct editorial omissions from an earlier draft.