In a special called meeting on Monday, December 12, 2011, the Dodge County commissioners voted to pay holiday pay for the year 2011 to the employees of the 24-hour departments including the sheriff’s department, the E911 department and the emergency medical services department.
These departments cannot close for designated holidays. All employees of these departments are paid eight (8) hours at their individual rate of pay for each holiday. In the past the county has paid ‘holiday pay’ to these employees during the first week in December. Due to budget restraints this year, these employees were not paid according to the normal schedule as in past years.
Beginning in 2012, these departmental employees will get paid during the pay period in which the holiday falls, alleviating lump sum payouts at the end of each year.
As of press time, county manager Kelly Bowen and staff were in the progress of issuing holiday pay checks to all 24-hour departments.
