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Greenwood council approves salary changes, grants and community contracts; multiple ordinances pass
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Greenwood Common Council approved salary ordinance changes for the fire department and city engineer, a $7,357 drug-free communities grant, a $50,000 contract for Greenwood Social and continued support for local arts with a $5,000 band contract, all by unanimous votes where recorded.
The Greenwood Common Council approved several ordinances, a local grant application and community contracts during the Feb. 18 meeting.
Ordinance 2602, amending the 2025 salary ordinance to reassign an operations lieutenant to training in the fire department and otherwise adjust staffing, passed after the council voted to suspend the rules and approve first and second readings. Fire leadership cited recent growth in staffing—"we have added 24 additional firefighters in the past 2 years," the chief stated—when explaining the request.
The council also approved Ordinance 2605 to raise the city…
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