ZELIENOPLE — The Western Butler County Authority approved new terms with employees relating to benefits, including time off, during a meeting Thursday night.

Autumn Crawford, manager of the authority, said at the meeting that a survey distributed to employees asked what were the most important benefits of working with the authority. Time off was found to be a high priority.

“The employees asked for federal holidays off,” Crawford said. “Their request was for 10 federal holidays off — we currently have six.”

Crawford said giving employees four more federal holidays off would increase the budget by less than $500 because the authority would still have to pay an employee time-and-a-half their rate to cover a holiday shift.

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