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Lawrenceburg council adopts salary ordinance amendment, confirms appointments and approves claims
Summary
Lawrenceburg City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1-2025 to adjust a utility accountant's pay, approved multiple board and commission appointments, confirmed a staff hire and internal posting, and authorized claims and payroll at its Jan. 7, 2025 meeting.
The Lawrenceburg City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1-2025, amending Ordinance No. 15-2024 to adjust the pay of a utility accountant, and confirmed a series of board and commission appointments and claims during its Jan. 7, 2025 meeting in council chambers.
Mayor Kels Ramon presented the salary ordinance amendment, saying the utility accountant had lost 2 percentage points on pay relative to a comparable city accountant and that the change would bring the employee’s rate in line with other city accounting staff. The council moved to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 1-2025, amending Ordinance No. 15-2024; the motion carried on a unanimous voice vote.
During the meeting the mayor also announced that Garrett Kavanaugh had accepted the city’s director of project management position. The Board of Works separately voted to permit an internal posting to fill Kavanaugh’s prior position; the board approved posting the vacancy and Kavanaugh agreed to help during the transition.
Council members then confirmed multiple appointments to city boards and commissions. Appointments approved on voice votes included the mayor’s planning commission nominees (Jim Crook, Derry Hutchinson, Tim Denning and Owen Cross); council-appointed members to the Area Plan Commission (members remained as Ouellette, Fryman and Abbott); naming Dylan Little as the city’s representative to the regional sewer district (SDRSD); and other regular board reappointments to Lawrenceburg Main Street, the school endowment board, the adult center, the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Historic Preservation Commission. Council also approved the mayor’s slate for the redevelopment commission and the council’s representative to that body.
The council approved claims and payroll reports for payment once properly certified and specifically added check number 7851 to the list of checks to be approved. Motions to pay claims and to approve payroll reports passed on voice votes.
No ordinance text beyond the numbers cited, specific salary amounts, or detailed funding sources were discussed on the record. Several council members praised city crews for snow and ice response during announcements, and the mayor reminded residents about warming shelter availability during the period of bitter cold. The meeting closed with scheduling confirmations for regular council, Board of Works and Utility Board meetings.
