Livingston Aldermen Implementing New Employee Agreement On Training

Livingston employees will have to reimburse the city if they get trained by the city and take a new job under a new rule proposal.

Mayor Curtis Hayes said the city has faced a problem of paying for an employee’s certification. Then, the worker leaves just a couple of months later.

“What we have seen unfortunately as of lately with the market the way it is in the private sector is that we have trained some of these folks with CDL to only to get swooped up by the private sector,” Hayes said.

Hayes said if the city pays to train you for positions such as fireman, police officer or commercial driver, the employee would be responsible to pay back some of that cost if they leave. The pro-rated rate and time of employment will be added to the policy before the second reading, according to Hayes.

Attorney Danny Rader used Algood’s 24-month guideline as an example. If you work six months, you owe 75 percent of the total. If you work 12 months, you own 50 percent. If you work for the city for two-years, you may leave without paying dues.

Hayes said each city department head agreed that the policy was needed. Hayes said the new rule would only impact new workers moving forward after it fully passes.