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EMS director grilled over timecard issue
Commissioners irritated by vague answers
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County Commissioners Carl D. Bouldin and Randy England grilled EMS director Brian Jennings about alleged timeclock misuse by EMS employees during a Safety Committee meeting Monday night. With an ongoing audit by the state to investigate EMS timekeeping records, questions were raised about the reasons for the audit and the need for the $4,600 purchase of a biometric timeclock system in May. The timeclock requires a fingerprint to clock employees in and out.Said Jennings, “It’s just a way of protecting the integrity by having a system where you can’t have somebody clock somebody else in.”Asked Bouldin, “The main purpose and the reason you went with this timeclock is because you didn’t trust your employees from clocking other people in?”Jennings initially said timeclock fraud was not the reason for the highly advanced timekeeping system and said having four separate stations made it difficult to keep up with hours.