Aragon wraps up business with vacation time decision

ROCKMART — Aragon’s final council meeting of 2017 consisted of members welcoming newly appointed officials, approving the building of a smaller basketball court, and changing employees’ policy for time off.

With many new employees coming aboard at Aragon’s city hall, the council decided to amend the rules for taking sick days, vacation time and overall leave.

City Clerk Christie Langston presented several different options for the council to choose from, and they eventually decided on an amended third option. According to the new rules, the compromise to option 3 allows for employees to have five sick days per year, but removes the employees’ option to carry over accumulated sick days year to year.

A maximum of one week of vacation time is allowed to roll over to the following year, and employees earn more vacation time annually the longer they serve.

Employees who have worked for one to five years earn a single week of vacation annually, and employees with six to 10 years of service gain two weeks per year, 11 to 15 years of service nets employees three weeks every year, and 16 years and more gets those with longtime service four weeks of personal time every single year.

The council also welcomed newly appointed council member Candace Seiz and financial clerk Adriana Barta who were both promptly sworn in during the Dec. 21 meeting.