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Danville council approves personnel-policy updates, ambulance-lease resolution and $669,655.44 claims docket
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Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Danville Town Council approved updates to the personnel handbook (including a travel-expense amendment granting the town manager exception authority), adopted Resolution 7-20-26 related to an ambulance lease (subject to ownership/title clarification), and approved the claims docket of $669,655.44; all reported motions passed 4-0.
The Danville Town Council on April 15 approved several administrative actions, including personnel policy updates, a resolution to support a credit application for an ambulance lease, and the regular claims docket.
Mallory, a town staff member who summarized the handbook changes, said the updates clarify incident reporting (aligning with OSHA logs), restore travel-and-expense language that had been omitted from the 2024 handbook (raising the mileage allowance from $35 to $50), add a written fitness-for-duty process tied to FMLA/ADA, update FMLA wording, slightly change bereavement leave language to account for shift schedules, and provide more explicit dress-code language. Council members proposed language giving the town manager authority to approve exceptions to the 50-mile travel rule; a motion to approve the handbook updates with that travel-expense amendment passed 4-0.
On public-safety finance, the council considered Resolution 7-20-26, requested to accompany a credit application for an ambulance lease that began through Center Township trustee and will serve the new territory. Megan Gibson of Baker Tilly said the credit application requires a resolution; counsel and the chief raised ownership and title questions. Chief Duncan said his understanding is the new territory cannot itself take title to ambulances or firearms, and that title may need to be held by the town. Council members agreed the resolution could move forward but that final approval should be subject to resolving title and insurance questions; the council voted to approve the resolution 4-0.
The council also adopted a proclamation recognizing April 24, 2026, as Arbor Day in Danville.
Finally, the council moved and approved the claims docket in the amount of $669,655.44; the motion carried 4-0.
Motions recorded in the meeting included an agenda amendment removing the sick-leave usage policy from tonight’s agenda and multiple unanimous votes to carry administrative items and claims.
