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After executive session, Morgan Township trustees approve pay increases and remove two BZA members
Summary
Following an executive session on personnel matters, trustees approved part-time pay increases for two road department employees and a 50¢ hourly raise for Chrissy Hill, and voted to remove two members of the township Board of Zoning Appeals for improper conduct.
The Morgan Township Board of Trustees met in executive session to consider personnel matters and returned to public session to approve several personnel actions and a disciplinary removal.
Upon reconvening, trustees approved pay increases for two part-time road department employees. Trustees raised Dan Hirsch’s hourly rate to $20.50 and Sean Galligan’s hourly rate to $24.00, both effective with the pay period beginning April 27, 2025. Trustees also approved a 50¢-per-hour annual pay increase for Chrissy Hill effective April 27, 2025.
The board also voted to remove two members of the Board of Zoning Appeals, Brian Balzer and Chris Gaines, citing “improper conduct” on the BZA. The motion to remove both members was made and seconded on the record and passed by roll call.
Trustees identified the executive session topic generally as consideration of "the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official." After the executive session, the board recorded motions, seconds and roll-call votes for the personnel pay increases and the BZA removals.
The trustees approved the personnel and removal motions by recorded vote; the board did not place further written detail about the grounds for the BZA members’ removals into the public minutes during the discussion recorded in the transcript.
The fiscal officer was directed to effect the payroll changes and to process the vacancy notices for the BZA positions as required by township policy and state law.
