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Trustees weigh highway pay change and higher security costs
Summary
Trustees discussed a proposal to lower overtime from 2x to 1.5x while increasing base pay for highway staff to reduce unpredictable overtime costs and maintain staffing, and debated a roughly 30% increase in the security contract noted in the draft budget.
Trustees examined two personnel- and security-related items in the draft budget: a proposed restructure of highway pay (lower overtime multiplier with higher base pay) and a notable increase in the security-contract line.
Presenter said the highway department is typically paid 2x base salary for overtime and proposed reducing that multiplier to 1.5x while increasing base pay (street maintenance raises were presented as increasing from an historical 3% to 5.8% this year). The presenter said the change is intended to give workers steadier take-home pay and reduce the village’s unpredictable overtime exposure during extreme weather events. Trustees questioned the change as a tradeoff but acknowledged it could stabilize budgets and pay; quantitative spreadsheets were referenced but not presented to the board during this meeting.
Separately, trustees noted that security costs rose in the draft, with the presenter saying the village kept a professional security firm (Pro Protection) because the trained service was preferred over cheaper, untrained options. The transcript records a trustee saying the security line is up about 30% from prior assumptions and that the village could revisit the line item later in the year.
No personnel action was taken at the presentation; trustees asked staff for the underlying spreadsheets and exact cost impacts before the April meeting.
