Select Board directs staff to incorporate personnel changes on CTO banks and short-term disability

Staff presented a spreadsheet summarizing each employee’s accrued comp-time (CTO) balances and the projected budget impact. The report proposed eliminating the catastrophic sick-leave bank (bank 3), keeping a short-term disability bank (no payout on separation) and reducing the first bank carryover from 1.5x to 1.0x. Board members discussed payout mechanics, whether to buy down large balances, and the relative cost of short-term disability insurance versus maintaining CTO payout structures.

Staff was directed to place proposed amendments into the draft personnel policy and return a clean copy for the board to review. The board expressed general support for removing the catastrophic bank and for clearer rules tying payouts to separation and short-term-disability usage.