Previous City Administrators adopted City of Billings Employment policies through Administrative Orders.  But, current City Administration believes policies are the prerogative of the City Council and procedures are set by City Administration. However, City Administration doesn't want to burden City Council with policies involving State and Federal law (e.g. FMLA, Wage and Hour).

MMIA conducted an audit regarding the City's Employment Practices Liability Coverage and mandated the following policies be revised:

• Employment Status
• Non-Bargaining Random Drug/Alcohol and Reasonable Suspicion policy

Once revisions were completed, MMIA approved the policies.

↵City Council may:

• Approve the revised policies, or;
• Disapprove the revised policies.  The impact of disapproving the policies is that MMIA will not underwrite the City's Employment Practices Liability coverage.

There is no financial impact.

Staff recommends that the City Council approve amendments to the Employment Status and Non-Bargaining Random Drug/Alcohol and Reasonable Suspicion policies.