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FEB 19 1986 BOOK 63 Pa,t 702 not know about anything about it, but he did try to go through channels and through the chain of command. He emphasized that he just wanted to say that somebody did him wrong. The Chairman asked Director Hoder about the timeframe on the`' grievance procedure. Mrs. Hoder explained that the procedure is to submit the grievance in writing to your immediate supervisor. If he doesn't answer within five days, the employee can go to the department head and from the department head on to personnel and from there to the Director of General Services and then to the County Commission. Commissioner Lyons believed we went to a lot of trouble several years ago to adopt a personnel policy which he believed included a formalized grievance procedure, and he had felt that policy was supposed to be disseminated to the employees. Mrs. Hoder advised that a personnel manual was developed and was given to the department heads; the employees were given an employees' handbook which contained the grievance procedure. Chairman Scurlock inquired if there was any program to explain this procedure. Mrs. Hoder stated that at the time the employee was interviewed, the department head would go over a list of items pertinent to that department as well as items in the handbook. Chairman Scurlock believed it might not be a bad idea to explain the book to everybody so they know what is available. Kathleen Geyer, president of Local 3180, noted that the question of the evaluation seems to be a topic here as well as the grievance procedure. She stressed that the union now has a grievance procedure that will be used by the employees, and she wished to know how long the former grievance procedure was in effect and how many grievances were filed. Mrs. Hoder stated that it was in effect since the personnel rules and regulations were developed, or several years; and there were no grievances filed that she knew of. 12