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Votes at a glance: joint board approves organizational chart, staffing and staffing-related contracts
Summary
The Du Bois City and Sandy Township joint consolidation board recorded votes approving a revised organizational chart, several staffing and contracting steps, and the addition of a police chief agreement; multiple routine consent items were approved as part of the consent agenda.
The Du Bois City and Sandy Township Joint Consolidation Board recorded formal approvals on several items at its meeting. Key motions and outcomes are summarized below.
Votes at a glance
- Amend agenda to reconsider elected official pay and remove cost of living adjustment (COLA): Motion to add reconsideration of elected official pay was approved and the board later moved to strike the COLA from the elected-official pay motion. The amendment was added to the consent agenda and passed on a roll-call/voice vote.
- Consent agenda (minutes, bills, fiscal reports, departmental reports and a suicide-prevention proclamation): The consent agenda was approved by roll call after the COLA amendment was added.
- Replace Exhibit B (organizational chart) in consolidation agreement: The board voted to replace Exhibit B with the revised organizational chart presented by staff; motion passed on roll call.
- Authorization to seek Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board guidance on union unit clarification for public works: Board authorized management and counsel to ask the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board for an opinion on whether the public works units should remain separate or be consolidated for collective bargaining purposes; motion passed by voice vote.
- Temporary staffing agreement (Manpower) for accounts payable support: The board approved a short-term contract with Manpower to provide temporary staffing support for AP work while finance staff complete consolidation accounting tasks; motion approved by voice vote.
- Authorization for management to enter police chief employment agreement (Sandy chief to serve consolidated city): The board authorized management to execute an employment agreement with the Sandy police chief to also serve the city under a term through year-end; motion passed by voice vote.
- Authorization to post and fill deputy public works director / public works director: The board approved moving forward with recruitment for the public works leadership position and tasked staff to proceed with posting/interviews; motion passed by voice vote.
Procedural notes
Several votes were taken by roll call and others by voice/ayes and nays. The meeting transcript records names called for roll-call votes on the consent and Exhibit B motions; where the transcript reported a roll call the clerk recorded votes as “yes” for the motions listed above. Where the transcript records only a voice vote, the board chair declared the motion carried ("ayes have it").
Items for later consideration
Several items on the agenda were informational or will be decided in separate city or township meetings, including a Crown Castle lease amendment, a Green Light Go intersection grant contract to be finalized at the city level, and some library board appointments that will be ratified in the respective bodies' meetings.
The board’s approvals will allow staff to proceed with job postings, temporary finance staffing, and finalizing an employment agreement for the police chief; staff said additional ordinance or hiring‑authority changes may be necessary and will be brought back for action if required.
