Lennox city officials approve part-time police hire and amend city administrator contract

Lennox city officials voted to hire Robert Curvin as a part-time police officer at $27.40 per hour and approved an amended employment agreement with City Administrator Nathan Vander Plaats during a brief session that concluded at 8:52 p.m.

The measures followed a motion to hire Curvin and a second; members present responded "aye" and no "no" votes were recorded on the audio transcript. Officials then moved and seconded approval of an amended employment agreement for Vander Plaats; members again signaled assent by voice.

The hire for Robert Curvin was recorded as a motion, seconded and carried. The agenda text in the meeting transcript specified the hourly rate as $27.40. The transcript does not specify whether Curvin is replacing another officer, whether the position is funded from a particular budget line, or the expected start date.

The employment agreement for Nathan Vander Plaats was approved "as amended," according to the motion recorded in the transcript; the content of the amendment(s) was not specified in the recorded excerpt. The transcript records members voting by voice — "Aye" — and contains no roll-call tally or named votes for either action.

After the votes, the meeting was adjourned. No additional staff reports, public testimony, or committee discussion about either personnel action appears in the provided transcript excerpt.