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Franklin council approves ordinance authorizing manager to award staff bonuses
Summary
Council unanimously approved an ordinance formalizing the city manager's longstanding authority to award employee bonuses; the mayor said the amounts will be set by the manager and the measure passed without dissent.
Franklin City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that formalizes the city manager's authority to present bonuses to city employees, the mayor said during the work session.
The mayor told council the city has a history of giving holiday or other bonuses "and it was never in the city's code," and council needed to adopt an ordinance so the practice could continue. After a motion, second and brief questions about timing and amounts, the council voted to approve the ordinance. The mayor said, "The amounts are set by the city manager as they always have been." The transcript references an ordinance number in discussion but does not clearly record a definitive ordinance number for the final action.
Why it matters: The vote codifies an existing personnel practice and gives the city manager formal discretion on bonus amounts, rather than relying on the informal practice described by councilmembers.
What happens next: The mayor said the city manager will set amounts for this year; the item was adopted during the meeting and no further council action on this ordinance was recorded in the transcript.
