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Council adopts ordinance amending salary commission code, removes hearing requirement and adds mandatory public comment period at commission meetings
Summary
The Battle Ground City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2025-03 on April 21, 2025, changing municipal code provisions governing the city’s salary commission.
The Battle Ground City Council on April 21 unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2025-03, which amends Title 2 (Administration and Personnel) of the Battleground municipal code as it relates to the city’s salary commission. City staff opened a public hearing on the ordinance during the regular meeting; no members of the public testified and the council closed the hearing before voting.
City staff summarized the ordinance as removing a prior public‑hearing requirement for the salary commission and adding a mandatory public comment period at commission meetings. Council Member Ferrer moved to approve the ordinance and Council Member Kuipers seconded. The council voted unanimously in favor.
There was no public comment for the ordinance at the hearing. The ordinance passed with all members present voting aye; Deputy Mayor Bowman was recorded as absent in the roll call earlier in the meeting. The adoption was procedural and no implementation steps were announced at the meeting.
Ending: The council formalized the change by ordinance; staff will implement the updated meeting procedures for the salary commission consistent with the amended code.
