Nepotism Policy to Change in Coffee County Government

Last month the Coffee County Compensation and Personnel Committee brought up an issue concerning a policy about nepotism. Members discussed the possibility of doing away with the policy.
During the most recent meeting of the committee, they voted to keep the nepotism policy but add a section of a wavier in certain situations.
Member and County Commissioner Joey Hobbs said that he wanted to keep the policy, but he thought the county should add a section to the employee manual that would allow for an exemption to the nepotism policy for an individual with unique skills and qualifications. That suggestion was approved.
Current employees that have already disclosed relationships that could potentially create a conflict of interest and have received prior approval to work will not be affected by the change.