The Holt County supervisors approved hiring a human resource firm when they met at the courthouse in O’Neill on April 16.

With all seven supervisors in attendance at the meeting, the leaders voted 5-2 to contract with Zelle Human Resources of Lincoln to provide consulting services for an initial six-month term, after holding a phone conference with Zelle representative Chad Thies. Supervisors Bob Snyder and Don Butterfield voted nay.

According to Thies, the firm would update the county’s employee handbook, making sure it is relevant and makes sense to employees and is compliant with state and...