Finance committee to take up seven salary ordinances; council schedules Nov. 3 meeting

Amherst's Finance Committee will consider seven ordinances that set salary terms and other employment conditions for various city positions, Chair Michael Dembinski announced during the city council's October meeting.

Dembinski read a list of ordinances the clerk had provided: A2536 (auditor), A2537 (information technology department), A2538 (certain full-time non-bargaining employees), A2539 (office on aging), A2540 (permanent part-time payroll clerk/budget assistant), A2541 (superintendent of utilities and supervisors of utilities/electric/sewer/street/water/wastewater operations), and A2542 (treasurer). He asked that the items be called for the Finance Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.

Dembinski told council members that attachments and more detailed information would be circulated as they were received; the clerk and staff said some materials may arrive in the days following the meeting. The mayor noted the ordinances contain emergency clauses in committee materials but said that not all titles on the agenda show the emergency language; committee materials will include emergency language as needed.

What to expect next

- The Finance Committee will meet Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. to consider the package; committee members and council staff will circulate supporting documents before that meeting.

- Councilmembers may request that individual ordinances be pulled from the package if they need further review; the mayor indicated items can be pulled and taken up at a later meeting if not ready by committee.

Sources and attribution

This summary is based on the council meeting transcript in which Councilmember Michael Dembinski, identified as the finance committee chair, listed the ordinance numbers and called for a committee meeting.