Winneshiek County Road Department may use a new system for employee doctor visits

Visits to the doctor's office by employees of the Winneshiek County Road Department could be handled differently in the future.

County Engineer Lee Bjerke says he would like to use a system now used by the Howard County Road Department.  When a highway employee needs to visit a doctor, they're given a sheet that must be signed by the doctor and includes the starting and ending time of the doctor's office visit.

Bjerke says county road employees sometimes have been taking a full day of medical leave for a doctor's visit, but he'd like medical leave to be used for a full day when an employee is sick.