Southtowns Record

February 11, 2026 Documents

Government
Town of Holland
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Feb 11, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Budget and taxes, Zoning and land use, Audits and oversight, Roads and traffic, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety

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monetarily compensated, or the amount may be used towards future health care or a combination
of both.
Upon retirement, with a minimum of 90 days’ notice, and after 15 years of fulltime, continuous
employment with the Town of Holland Highway or Water Department, the employee may be
paid 35% of their daily rate per day for each sick day accumulated, the employee may be
monetarily compensated, or the amount may be used towards future health care or a combination
of both.
An Employee who has been unable to perform his/her job for a period of three (3) consecutive
workdays by reason of sickness or accident shall not be permitted to commence employment for
the Employer until he/she has presented to his/her Superintendent of Highways a statement from
his/her attending physician certifying that the Employee has-tecovered sufficiently to allow
him/her to engage in the full and unrestricted performance of his/her duties on the job. The
original of said physician statement shall be forwarded to the Town Supervisor for inclusion in
the Employee’s personne! file.
The Town does not offer light duty.
ARTICLE VII:  RETIREMENT
Retirement requests must be submitted in writing to the Town Board, a minimum of 90 days
prior to
retirement.
ARTICLE VIII:  BEREAVEMENT
Each employee is granted three (3) bereavement days for the following deaths:
Parents, Sibling, Spouse or Partner, Child, Stepchild, Grandparents, Grandchildren,
Parent-in-law, Sister-in-law, Brother-in-law, Son-in-law, and Daughter-in-law.
Each employee is grarited one (1) bereavement day/for the following deaths:
Aunt, Uncle, Niece, and Nephew
ARTICLE IX:  HEALTH INSURANCE
Health Insurance will be provided’for full time employees only.
For the rerfiainder of this contract, health insurance premiums for the employees of record
as of nse  1, 2016, will be paid at 100% by the Town. Health Insurance plans and
 carriers will be at the discretion of the Insurance Committee and Town Board.
 Employees hired after January 1, 2023, will contribute 10% of the total cost of health
 Insurance during their probatianary period.
 If health care premiums increase 5% annually, this portion of the contract can be renegotiated by
 the
 Town.  Z
 Non-Health insurance use:  Employees who elect not to receive health insurance coverage
 provided by the town will receive an annual reimbursement of $1,200.00. Reimbursement made
 directly to the employee’s payroll at the close of the fiscal year.
 ARTICLE X:  CLOTHING ALLOWANCE and CELL PHONES
 OSHA required safety clothing will be provided. Each full-time employee will be
 reimbursed up to $450.00 per year upon proper receipt of work-related safety clothing. All
 receipts must be processed in the current fiscal year. Receipts from prior year purchases will not
 be reimbursed.
 Employee will contribute $5 per week towards the town paid cell phone plan. Employees must
 purchase their own phones, at their own expense, either through the Town or anywhere else they