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Council passes Sunny Meadows stipend ordinance on first reading after hours-long debate; suspension of rules fails
Summary
An ordinance to pay $6,000 stipends to four Sunny Meadows employees passed first reading 5–2 on Nov. 12, 2005, after council debate over fairness, unemployment implications and payout timing; suspension of rules to enact immediately was not carried and the matter returns next month.
The DeKalb County Council voted to pass Ordinance No. 2025-OCC-13 on first reading on Nov. 12, 2005. The ordinance would grant $6,000 stipends to the four remaining Sunny Meadows employees — named in the ordinance as Skyler Boyd, Robin Burkhart, Ashley Wilkerson and Michelle Smith — to recognize their work during the facility’s transition.
Kellen (presenting the ordinance) told council the stipend was recommended by the Sunny Meadows committee and ‘‘roughly comes out to about 2 months worth of pay’’ for the four workers; the committee’s rationale was that those employees had…
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