Board debates PTO reporting, K‑9 comp time and holiday pay options

Board members used the meeting to press for earlier and clearer tracking of paid time off and comp time across departments. Speaker 1 proposed that department heads include PTO information in their regular reports so the Board of Works and the council can better monitor carryover and payouts. "It'd be nice to know earlier in the year what kind of what PTO is looking like," Speaker 1 said.

During the exchange, Speaker 1 noted a specific statutory or policy requirement for K‑9 officers: "the 2 k 9 officers each have to have a 182.5 comp hours per year," and said that earned comp time and holiday scheduling create budgeting and staffing challenges. The board discussed alternatives such as paying out holiday hours (Speaker 2 suggested working that into payroll) rather than offering replaceable comp days off. Speaker 1 relayed a suggestion from "Tammy" about providing 24 hours for working on particular holiday shifts; the meeting did not clarify which dates or whether this would be an annual policy change.

No formal directive, ordinance or vote was recorded to change PTO policy during the session. The discussion identified issues for follow up — earlier PTO reporting by department heads, clarification on comp‑time accounting practices, and whether holiday work should be paid out or provided as comp time — but the board did not adopt a specific change or set a deadline in the recorded meeting.