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Gladwin councilors ask staff to define 20% insurance stipend, favor flat rate
Summary
City Manager Kimberly Hines told the Committee of the Whole the union contract references a 20% insurance stipend but its meaning is unclear; Hines and Mayor Sarah Kile said they prefer a flat stipend and asked staff to return with a precise definition and proposal.
City Manager Kimberly Hines told the Gladwin Committee of the Whole on Oct. 16 that the city's union contract references a "20%" insurance stipend for employees but that the council needs to define what that percentage means in practice.
Hines said the item should be clarified across the employee population and discussed options for implementing the stipend. She said the city had received differing interpretations of the contract language and that both she and Mayor Sarah Kile expressed support for a flat-rate approach rather than a percentage-based formula.
Council members asked staff to prepare a proposal that defines how the 20% would be calculated and implemented. No motion or vote was recorded at the committee meeting; the conversation concluded with a request that staff return with a clearer, written recommendation.
