RESOLUTION 2025-10
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE CHANGES MADE WITHIN CHURUBUSCO’S EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
WHEREAS, the Town Council adopted an Employee Handbook on July 3, 2013 and had made several amendments since its adoption; and,
WHEREAS, the Town Council has agreed the entirety of the Handbook be regularly reviewed and amended; and,
WHEREAS, over the past year, the Churubusco Town Council have approved policy changes at public meetings that are not reflected within the current version of the personnel manual; and,
WHEREAS, Carson, LLP completed a review and made suggested revisions on the existing Handbook; and,
WHEREAS, the Town Council has taken these suggestions into consideration and have revised the Handbook accordingly.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHURUBUSCO that:
1. Due to many changes involving both policy and procedure and simple linguistic changes, it is the opinion of the Council that the complete Handbook attached as Appendix A be approved and distributed to employees.
2. All employees and elected officials of the Town of Churubusco will sign an acknowledgment of receiving the latest version of the Handbook and return it to the Chief of Staff’s office within 14 days of receiving said copy. The acknowledgement shall be placed in their personnel file.
3. Employees and elected officials of the Town of Churubusco shall abide by the policies and procedures laid forth in the Employee Handbook. Only State and Federal mandates shall supersede the Handbook.
4. Policies within the Handbook may change at any time with the approval of Town Council or with changes in State or Federal law. Notification of these changes will be displayed in a predominant location at the Churubusco Government Center for no less than 14 days after adoption. All employees must sign that they acknowledge this change.
5. Changes stated within the policies shall be made immediately unless otherwise specified by the Council and outlined within the meeting minutes.
6. The Chief of Staff has the authority to make any corrections which need made to employee records.
LET IT BE RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHURURBUSCO that this resolution shall be in effect June 21, 2025.
ADOPTED this 18th day of June, 2025.
_______________________________ ATTEST:
Nathan Van Horn, Town Council President
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Mark Pepple Madalyn Sade-Bartl, Clerk-Treasurer
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Devin Keener
APPENDIX A: Policy Changes
• All mentions of “Council Chief of Staff” or “Chief of Staff” have been changed to “Town Manager”.
• Mentions of “clerk-treasurer” have been changed to “Town Manager” in the following sections:
o Introduction
o 1.6
o 1.7
o 3.1
o 3.2
o 3.4
o 3.9
o 3.11.4
o 4.3
o 4.4
o 4.6
o 4.7
o 4.8
o 4.9
o 5.1
o 5.2
o 5.3
o 5.4
o 5.5
o 5.8
o 5.10
o 5.11
o 5.12
o 6.1
o 6.2
o 6.4
o 6.10
o 7.5
