Travis County leaders butt heads on COVID-19 paid sick leave extension

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Travis County commissioners had passionate back and forth Tuesday during a discussion on whether the 80 additional hours of sick leave county employees were previously granted to deal with COVID-19 should be allowed to be used into the new year.
All five members of the court agreed there should be an extension, but county leadership butted heads about who should have access to the extra hours and when.
Judge Andy Brown argued the county was throwing money out the window by not d