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Members approve 2025 salary adjustments, accept resignation and vote to terminate officer

December 23, 2024 | Lennox, Lincoln County, South Dakota


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Members approve 2025 salary adjustments, accept resignation and vote to terminate officer
After clearing executive session at 9:48 p.m., members at the meeting approved a resolution setting wages and salaries for 2025, accepted a resignation and voted to terminate an officer.

Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to approve the 2025 salaries-and-wages resolution with several specific adjustments. The motion included setting Vander Platt’s salary at $131,000; increasing planning and zoning commission pay to $50 per meeting; leaving the mayor and aldermen at their current rates; and setting hourly pay at $26.75 for Kevin Chipenko, $27.25 for Andy Lambert and $25.29 for Drew Sweeter. Unidentified Speaker 1 seconded the motion. After a voice vote in which members responded “Aye” and an opposing sign was called, the presiding officer stated, “Motion carries,” approving the resolution.

Later in the meeting, Unidentified Speaker 4 moved to accept the resignation of Ismael Smalls; Unidentified Speaker 1 seconded the motion. Members voted by voice and the presiding officer again announced, “Motion carries.” The transcript does not specify Smalls’ title or the effective date of the resignation.

Unidentified Speaker 4 then moved to terminate Officer Joshua Marty. That motion was seconded by Unidentified Speaker 1, approved by voice vote and announced as carried. The transcript identifies Marty by name but provides no further details on the reasons for termination, any personnel-process findings, or an effective date.

The meeting concluded when members moved to adjourn; the motion passed by voice vote.

Votes in the record are recorded only as vocal responses (“Aye,” “Opposed, same sign”) and the transcript does not list individual roll-call votes nor provide numerical tallies. The transcript also does not identify the governing body by name or provide a date beyond the time noted after executive session.

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