By Lee Weyhrich
CLAY — The Clay City Council on Monday voted to amend its personnel policy due to the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
Under Clay’s current personnel manual, new employees are under a 90-day probation period before they’re covered under the municipal insurance plan.
“The way they wrote the ACA, you cannot wait 90 days,” City Manager Ronnie Dixon said. “So, we have to change it to something less than 90 days.”
The council, with the exception of councilmen Ben Thackerson and Kevin Small, who were absent, voted unanimously to amend that waiting period to an uninterrupted 85-day period.
In other news, paving projects have resumed, the largest of which will be refinishing Deerfoot Parkway, which began this week. Potholes are being filled, and the road will be repaved from Old Springville Road all the way to U.S. Highway 11, Dixon said.
Steeplechase is also getting some long-needed paving done. The project has been on hold since the fall due to weather conditions and should begin this week.
The city council also purchased two new batting cages for Clay City Park. The cages are smaller than standard at just 35 feet in length. The smaller cages can be used by younger players, which will free up existing cages for older players, Dixon said.
