Votes at a glance: Stevensville Town Council actions on Jan. 12, 2025

The Stevensville Town Council recorded several formal actions on Jan. 12. Below are the motions, short descriptions and recorded outcomes as taken from the meeting transcript.

Votes at a glance

- Weekly claims (Claims #19691–19737): Motion to approve the batch passed 4-0. Claim #19714 was pulled for separate consideration; council recessed to inspect the work before the vote. (See claims article for details.)

- FuelMaster maintenance agreement (Syntech Systems Inc.): Council approved a six-month, prorated maintenance agreement for the FuelMaster point-of-sale pedestal at the airport. Vote recorded as 4-0.

- Special event permit — 20th Annual Scarecrow Festival: Council approved a special event permit to hold the festival on Main Street with partial closures of East Third Street for food trucks and activities; motion recorded as passed 4-0.

- Placement of a permanent sculpture (Creamery/Greenway Park): Motion made to approve placement of a permanent scarecrow sculpture. The park board had previously approved the design and fundraising; council motion to approve was made during the meeting (vote not explicitly recorded in the transcript excerpt).

- Item d: additional parking (corner property access): Council moved to table the decision to gather more information about an on-site utility box and fiber/copper infrastructure; that motion to table passed (vote recorded as tabled by council).

- Resolution 5-31b — job descriptions: Council considered additional edits to job descriptions and moved to adopt the resolution with the changes shown in the packet (motion made during meeting; vote not explicitly recorded in available transcript excerpt).

- Resolution 5-69 — adopt wages for full staff: Motion to adopt wages for full‑time staff was approved by the council with a recorded vote of 3-1.

- Airport lease swap (airport lots Block 3 Lot 4 for Block 1 Lot 13): Council moved to approve a lease swap for an airport leaseholder; the new lease would be a 20‑year lease at the current 14¢ rate (existing lease at 6¢), and staff proposed waiving the infrastructure fee that was already collected on the undeveloped existing lease (discussion reflected readiness to proceed; vote not explicitly shown in the transcript excerpt).

Notes and reporting conventions: this roundup lists motions and outcomes exactly as recorded in the meeting transcript. For several items the transcript documents the motion but does not include a full roll‑call readout or explicit "motion passes" phrase in the excerpt; those items are flagged as "vote not explicitly recorded" and should be verified in the official minutes if an exact roll-call is required.

For full detail on each item — including statements, clarifications from staff, and the council's questions — see the full articles on the FuelMaster agreement, claims approval and the water-distribution bid openings from this meeting.