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Palmview Council Adopts Budget Amendment to Add Finance Director and Cashier Roles
Summary
The Palmview City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2024-21, amending the municipal budget for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025, to create a finance director position and a cashier position funded largely by reallocated solid-waste revenues; salary details will be finalized before any hire.
The Palmview City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 2024-21, an amendment to the municipal budget for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025, that adds a full-time finance director position and a cashier position and adjusts the salary schedules.
Unidentified Speaker 1, an official, described the changes as a shift from outside consulting to in-house leadership and staff. "This budget proposes a few changes. Number 1, it involves a creation of a finance director position at a salary to be finalized," the speaker said, adding that the move follows a vacancy in the finance department and committee interviews.
Council materials and the discussion indicate the finance director post will replace consulting services and that the council anticipates small administrative increases to cover fringe benefits such as retirement and unemployment. Speaker 1 said remaining funds from consulting savings would be allocated to police department staff development and training.
On the solid-waste side, council discussion reported "excess revenues of 214" and that creating a cashier position would reduce those additional revenues by "a hundred and 90," leaving what was described in the meeting as continued excess funds in that enterprise fund. The transcript does not specify currency units for the figures cited; the council described the amounts as sufficient to cover the new cashier role.
Speaker 1 also identified a preferred candidate for the finance director role, saying the committee recommends extending a formal offer to Ben Garza "with the advice and consent of counsel," and suggested a start at the beginning of the following pay period if an offer is accepted.
A motion to adopt the ordinance was made and seconded; Speaker 2 called the vote. The transcript records "Aye" responses and states "Motion carries unanimously." No roll-call tally or detailed vote counts are provided in the record.
Next steps noted in the meeting: finalize the finance director's salary before making a formal offer and proceed with hire paperwork if the candidate accepts. The ordinance and revised salary schedules were distributed to council members at the meeting.
