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Grantsville council approves bereavement leave update, vendor fee, dispatch MOU and canine MOU; corrects police wage steps
Summary
At a special meeting April 23, the Grantsville City Council approved revisions to bereavement leave (Ord. 2025-20), added a $5/month swap-meet vendor license (Ord. 2025-22), renewed the dispatch service agreement (Res. 2025-29), accepted a donated electronic-storage detection and victim-support canine via MOU (Res. 2025-30), and moved to correct police wage-step errors (Res. 2025-31).
The Grantsville City Council on April 23 voted on several agenda items short of contentious debate and approved a package of personnel and administrative measures.
Bereavement leave (Ordinance 2025‑20): Council approved changes that convert bereavement allowances from days to hours to equalize leave across employees who work different shift lengths and added extended‑family categories (aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews). Staff said the revision allows flexibility for interrupted schedules and clarified that employees may use vacation or sick leave to extend time off if council chooses to enable that in related policies.
Swap‑meet vendor fee (Ordinance 2025‑22): Council added a $5 monthly vendor license to the city fee schedule to formalize an existing code provision for daily swap‑meet vendors; staff said the swap meet is planned to operate at Bert Brothers Motorsports Park beginning May 4 and the $5 figure stems from a 2014 code item.
Dispatch service agreement (Resolution 2025‑29): Council approved the annual dispatch MOU with the county; staff reported the cost went down this year due to sheriff office support.
Electronic‑storage detection canine (Resolution 2025‑30): Council approved an MOU to accept a donated detection and victim‑support dog that can locate SD cards/flash drives and serve as a comfort animal during victim interviews. Detective Bobby Bassett described partner funding that covers training, travel, food and equipment while the city would cover the officer's training time; council supported the donation.
Police wage correction (Resolution 2025‑31): Staff explained a pay-scale oversight that would have reduced pay for a promoted sergeant; the council approved corrections that remove early salary steps and add steps to preserve supervisor pay equity.
Votes at a glance: Each item listed above was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote during the meeting; no roll‑call tallies were provided in the transcript.
What happens next: Staff will implement the approved ordinance and resolutions, update the fee schedule and coordinate HR and payroll adjustments as needed.
