Wallsburg council approves budget, sets clerk pay change and signs off on snowplow agreement steps
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Summary
At its Nov. 7 meeting the Wallsburg Town Council unanimously approved the town's budget and check register, voted to raise the town clerk's monthly pay effective Jan. 1, 2025, and authorized signing a snowplow services agreement after staff clarifies operational billing questions.
The Wallsburg Town Council on Nov. 7 voted unanimously to adopt the town budget and check register, approved a pay-rate adjustment for the town clerk to take effect Jan. 1, 2025, and moved to finalize the town's snowplow services agreement after staff obtains additional clarifications from the contractor.
Council members first reviewed the check register and asked staff to reconcile a set of receipts labeled August that staff said were likely October statements. After those questions were noted for follow-up, the council moved and unanimously approved the budget and check register, with Scott Larson and Mary Piscatelli recorded as first and second on the motion.
On a separate action item the council revisited a closed-session discussion about the town clerk's compensation. Council members agreed to increase the clerk's monthly pay (the meeting record includes a figure noted during the motion) and set the adjustment to take effect Jan. 1, 2025. The council voted unanimously to adopt the change; the clerk, Alicia Driscoll, did not participate in the prior closed-session discussion, the presiding official said.
The council also reviewed a proposed snowplow services agreement that lists hourly rates for trucks, plows, sanding and operators. Members pressed the contractor's billing method (how time or miles inside the jurisdiction are recorded) and asked staff to email the contractor for clarifying details. The council then moved to proceed with the agreement and authorized signing after staff obtains the requested operational clarifications; that motion passed unanimously.
What's next: staff will reconcile the questioned receipts on the check register, get meter and billing IDs for the high water charges, confirm the clerk pay implementation with accounting and adjust the town payroll records to reflect the Jan. 1 effective date, and contact the snowplow contractor to resolve billing questions before filing the signed agreement.
Quotes: “Be it hereby moved that the following consent calendar items stand approved,” the presiding official said when presenting the consent calendar. On the clerk pay item, a council member said the effective date would be “January 1, 2025.”
Ending: All three motions recorded at the meeting carried by unanimous vote; the council adjourned at about 8:23 p.m.