A revised Miller County personnel policy manual was recently approved by the Quorum Court outlining guidelines for employees.
The Justices of the Peace adopted the manual, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2018.
A copy of the 35-page document has been filed in the Miller County Clerk's office and will be available for inspection and copying by any person during normal business hours, according to the ordinance.
"We used the personnel policy of Saline County as a guideline and modified it. We went line by line and reworked the manual," said Andy LaGrone, chairman of the personnel policy committee and District 8 Justice of the Peace.
"It is a good policy and will benefit Miller County employees. The old policy was vague and outdated and now it should serve them and the public for years," LaGrone said.
"We worked a long time on the document and if we had any questions, we ironed it out and improved it to the best of our abilities," LaGrone said.
The Justices of the Peace who serve on the committee include Vice Chairman Carl Standridge, Rodney Watkins, Thornton Mitchell and Charles Nettles.
The policy ranged from vacations, paydays, attendance to emails as a public record.
"Users should take note that county business generated on email is a public record, subject to public inspection and is not confidential, unless specifically cited by statue. When an email message is public record, it shall be retained in accordance with state statues. Email messages of only transitory value need not be saved. In fact, the failure to routinely delete these messages clogs information systems, stains storage resources and creates liability risks," said the policy concerning emails.