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Milan City Council approves 5% wage increase for department heads, adopts revised fee schedule and year-end budget amendments
Summary
The Milan City Council on June 27 approved a 5% base wage increase for department heads and non-union employees, adopted a revised municipal fee schedule, and approved year-end FY2022 budget amendments; roll-call votes on those items were 6–0 with one member absent.
The Milan City Council on June 27 unanimously approved a set of fiscal measures including a 5% base wage increase for department heads and non-union employees, an updated official fee schedule, and year-end budget amendments for fiscal year 2022.
Councilmember James Nie moved to adopt Resolution 2022-07 to raise base wages by 5% for department heads and non-union staff; Councilmember Karen Wayne seconded the motion. The council approved the resolution on a roll-call vote of six ayes, zero nays, with one member absent. Earlier in the meeting, Councilmember Pro-Tem Kerkes moved — and Councilmember Nie seconded — adoption of Resolution 2022-06, which updates the city’s official fee schedule pursuant to Section 2-74 of the Milan City Code of Ordinances; that measure also passed 6–0 with one absence.
Councilmembers also approved the year-end budget amendments for fiscal year 2022 as presented. The budget changes were moved by Pro-Tem Kerkes and seconded by Councilmember Baldwin; the roll-call vote was six ayes, zero nays, one absent. The minutes do not specify line-item changes in the amendments.
During the meeting’s consent agenda, the council received and filed the F&V monthly operations report for May 2022 by motion of Pro-Tem Kerkes, seconded by Councilmember Baldwin; that measure passed unanimously. Council also approved bills payable and payroll totaling $552,753.55 (motion by Councilmember Nie, seconded by Councilmember Kofflin), which carried without dissent.
Interim City Administrator Jim Lancaster thanked public works and building staff for their work updating sections of the fee schedule. City Clerk Lavonna Wenzel announced absentee ballots for the Aug. 2 primary election have been mailed and urged residents who have not received an application to contact the clerk’s office. The council set its next regular meeting for Monday, July 11, 2022.
The meeting record lists motions and roll-call tallies for the resolutions and amendments; the minutes do not provide additional detail on the specific fees changed or the line-item budget adjustments.
