An attorney for Birmingham’s regional water utility said Friday that its board of directors should have voted on the new employee handbook the organization implemented last month.
Central Alabama Water has conducted drug screenings and fired employees based on provisions in the new handbook. At Friday’s board meeting, member Jarvis Patton Sr. asked why the utility’s senior managers didn’t bring the new handbook to the board before adopting it.
“My opinion is I need to review it,” said Shan Paden, an external attorney for CAW. “You (board members) need to review it, and the board needs to take action on policy changes.”…