The Greenwood City Council approved Ordinance 25-16, providing an additional appropriation of $4,500 from the general fund to budget classification 431 for the Police Merit Commission.

Police Chief Jim Eisen told the council the appropriation is needed to cover professional-service costs through the end of the year. “This is money necessary to fund the professional service line item for the American Mission through the end of the year,” Chief Jim Eisen said. He told the council the department incurred higher costs because it conducted two hiring processes and a promotion process in the same year in addition to its recurring fees; he said the ordinance includes a small contingency and that unused funds would revert to the general fund.

Councilmembers moved to suspend the rules so the ordinance could be adopted more quickly; suspension and both readings passed with unanimous votes recorded at the meeting. Ordinance 25-16 passed second reading 6-0 after the council voted to suspend rules and proceed to second reading during this session.