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Votes at a glance: Wheeler City Council actions, March 18, 2025
Summary
The council approved consent minutes, appointed a budget committee volunteer, adopted two ordinances and appointed an interim city manager. Details, motions and outcomes follow.
At its March 18 meeting the Wheeler City Council took a number of formal actions: it approved the consent calendar minutes, appointed a volunteer to the budget committee, adopted two ordinances (establishing a Funding Committee and creating an Emergency Preparedness Committee), and appointed Finance Manager Maddie Pesner as interim city manager. Votes listed below reflect the outcomes recorded in the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes (consent calendar) — Motion to approve minutes of the February 18 council meeting: approved (unanimous).
- Appointment to budget committee — Motion to accept Gary Gibson’s application to the budget committee: approved (unanimous). The council discussed the budget committee schedule and asked members to pick up the budget packet that will be available April 1; the committee’s first meeting was scheduled for April 8.
- Ordinance 2025‑01, Funding Committee — Motion to adopt Ordinance 2025‑01 establishing a Funding Committee for the City of Wheeler: approved (unanimous). The ordinance creates a 5–9 member advisory committee to research and pursue alternative funding sources; it becomes effective 30 days after adoption and will hold its first meeting on the first Monday after that date.
- Ordinance 2025‑02, Emergency Preparedness Committee — Motion to repeal the older ordinance and adopt an updated ordinance creating an Emergency Preparedness Committee (7 members): approved (unanimous). The ordinance sets membership, staggered terms, meeting cadence (second Tuesday each month) and advisory duties; the committee is advisory and cannot obligate the city.
- Interim city manager appointment — Motion to appoint Finance Manager Maddie Pesner as interim city manager while the city conducts recruitment for a permanent city manager: approved (unanimous). The council directed staff to post the vacancy and proceed with screening and background checks.
Each of the above actions appeared on the meeting agenda and passed by unanimous vote as recorded in the public meeting transcript. Staff will carry out the follow‑up tasks described in the motions and report back at future meetings.
