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Huron commission approves transfer-station pay request, advances supplemental-appropriation ordinance and clears consent items
Summary
The commission approved a progress payment on the Huron Transfer Station project, advanced a supplemental appropriation ordinance to second reading, and approved a consent agenda that included an election agreement and several personnel actions.
The Huron City Commission approved progress payment No. 10 to Northstar Logistics, doing business as Century Crane, for work on the Huron Transfer Station and advanced a supplemental appropriation ordinance to a second reading set for Jan. 13, 2025.
During the meeting the pay request amount was read aloud with two figures noted in the transcript; the payment was discussed and recommended by Assistant Engineer Dennis Bennett, who said the transfer station work is "about 84% done" and that contractors had begun installing the scale. The commission approved the pay request by roll call; all members recorded "aye."
The commission also held the first reading of Ordinance 22-66-30-247, a supplemental appropriation ordinance. Finance Director Pauline Carey summarized the ordinance as covering a range of budget adjustments, including salaries, equipment and a major airport project. Carey said the airport item on the ordinance was $1,100,000 and that the city had already received $1,660,000 in federal and state funds related to the project, leaving a local match of about $40,000, as presented to the commission. The commission set the second reading for Jan. 13, 2025, and approved the first reading by roll call vote.
Items on the consent agenda were approved in a single vote. The consent agenda included approval of the Dec. 30, 2024 minutes; fuel quotes for city departments; a combined election agreement with the Huron School District setting the election date for April 8, 2025; and several personnel items: granting full-time status to Police Officer Cody Maxwell, accepting the voluntary resignation of Detective Sergeant Taj Lark and authorizing an internal post to fill that position, adjusting Curtis Ryman's hourly wage for a park-maintenance position, and hiring Christina Guthrie as a volunteer firefighter contingent on passing the city physical. Payment of bills was also on the consent agenda. A roll call vote recorded unanimous approval.
A separate item (2024 contingency fund transfers) was introduced and discussed by Carey and staff; the transcript includes discussion of planned transfers to cover wage and benefits shortfalls and equipment purchases, but a final vote on the contingency transfers is not recorded in the provided transcript segment.
