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Council debate over adding holiday pay to city manager contract draws sharp remarks; final vote not recorded in transcript
Summary
Councilors debated an amendment to the city manager's employment agreement to add holiday pay. A motion was moved and seconded; council members voiced both support and opposition, but the transcript excerpt does not include a recorded final tally for the amendment.
Canfield City Council spent significant time debating an amendment to the city manager's employment agreement that would add holiday pay and related compensation language.
A councilor moved an amendment to the employment agreement and another councilor seconded the motion. Several council members spoke in favor, praising City Manager D'Apolito's performance and the manager's community engagement. Others, including Councilor Neff, explained why they opposed holiday pay in this instance and said they had sought the discussion in executive session to address compensation specifics.
Opposing comments focused on requests for greater routine communications to council (for example, twice-monthly memos), more transparent updates on the Redgate development project and access to observe staff meetings (opponents said council members should not be present at staff meetings because they are not employees). Supporters said the manager had performed well, citing increased resident participation at events and improvements to city spaces such as Fair Park. One councilor noted that similar holiday-pay language had been included historically in prior city manager contracts.
The transcript records the motion, seconds, and extended debate, including named statements that both criticized and defended the contract change. However, the excerpt does not include a clear roll-call result for the amendment; the final vote tally on the amendment is not specified in the provided transcript segment.
