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Gardner City staff recommend clerk stipend; board approves financial report amid equipment purchases and repair costs
Summary
The board discussed paying a stipend to a staff member (Amy) in addition to her regular duties, reviewed year-to-date finances including vehicle and pump purchases, and approved the financial report by voice vote.
At a Gardner City meeting, members reviewed financial reports showing recent extraordinary purchases and discussed a proposed stipend for a staff member performing additional duties. The board approved the financial report by voice vote.
Speaker 1 described staffing and payroll numbers and recommended a stipend for Amy, who is performing extra duties in addition to her regular job. "We budget, you know, the clerk's salary at $22,008.69, and I figured, that's over a '26 pay period. '26, biweekly pay period," Speaker 1 said, noting that equates to "$879.58 per period." Members discussed whether the stipend could be run through payroll; Speaker 1 said John Richard had "already spoken to" the issue.
The financial review included recent capital and emergency expenses. Speaker 1 reported the course had purchased a truck for about $79,000, a gator for about $10,000, and that pumps had cost roughly $28,000 each. He told the group these represented about "another $100,000 of extraordinary expenses" beyond ordinary operating costs. The transcript also records two different statements about cash position during the review: Speaker 1 said, "Right now, we have $17,000 deficit," and later noted "we're at, you know, $48,000 surplus as of right now and 2 months of revenue still to come in." The speaker framed that large expenses and the pump project would require lining up funding and possibly transfers before year-end.
The finance item concluded with a motion to approve the financials. The record shows a motion, a second and an aye vote; no recorded opposition or roll-call tally was provided. "Motion to approve. Second," one participant said; the meeting chair asked for aye and members said "Aye." The transcript does not record who moved or seconded the motion.
Board members also noted the upcoming emergency repair project and its allocated funding. Speaker 1 said the inlet/irrigation project would "be a chunk, obviously," but that some of the work had been funded already.
