The Westmoreland City Council spent extended time discussing a proposed 3% cost-of-living adjustment for Meredith Jenkins, the finance-related staff member named in the agenda, and debated pay for part‑time Fire Chief Mark Jenkins.

Council members proposed and debated motions to defer and to approve the 3% adjustment. Councilman Calvert moved to approve the 3% cost-of-living raise for Meredith Jenkins; Councilman Brown seconded the motion and the council discussed attendance at work-study meetings, succession planning for city positions, and overtime concerns. One council member asked Jenkins to attend planning and work-study meetings more frequently; another raised the need for a succession plan so services would continue if someone left unexpectedly. A council member asked about overtime in the department and said as of April "we were over $597.25, with 2 more months left to go."

A public commenter, Larry Simpson, urged a larger increase for two long‑serving city employees and criticized 3% as insufficient. "3% raise is not much to give a person that's dedicated their time and effort to the city of Westmoreland," Simpson said. "If we could double that, it would be so fine with me ... they're worth 10% or more."

The transcript records multiple procedural votes and attempts to defer the Meredith Jenkins item; it also records a roll call after a motion to approve the 3% raise, but the meeting record as presented does not explicitly state the clerk's final declaration that the measure passed or failed. Therefore the transcript does not allow this article to state a definitive final outcome for the Meredith Jenkins 3% raise.

Separately, the council received a motion to approve a part‑time fire chief pay raise for Mark Jenkins but that initial motion received no second and therefore did not advance. Later, Councilman Calvert moved to defer consideration of the part‑time fire chief raise to the next committee; Councilman Borders seconded, and the motion to defer passed unanimously (5–0).