The Fayette County Commission Thursday night will consider a staff proposal to change the way an employee is credited upon retirement for accrued hours of sick leave.

Currently employees can choose to be compensated in pay for their accrued sick leave at a rate of 25 percent of their current hourly rate. The policy differs slightly for those employed prior to March 1, 1998, who are paid $15 for each day of unused sick leave with a maximum total payment of $900.

Under the new proposal, regular full-time employees who are vested in the county’s defined benefit retirement plan when they resign in good standing or retire would have 100 percent of their sick leave time “converted” to credited service in the defined benefit retirement plan.

The defined benefit plan, which guarantees a flat monthly payment for the remainder of a retiree’s life, was adopted earlier this year and drew citizen complaints that it might lead to fiscal troubles in future years for the county.

In a light agenda, the commission is also set to consider approving staff’s application for two highway landscaping grants: one for Ga. Highway 85 North at the Clayton County line and the other on Ga. Highway 74 North at the Fulton County line.

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