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Castle Dale Council approves student funding, staff merit raise and on‑demand IT support
Summary
Councilors voted to fund student activities (Girls State and graduation), approved a $1.50/hour merit raise for a staff member, contracted pay-as-used IT support at $75/hour and introduced a new animal enforcement officer.
At its March 12 meeting, the Castle Dale City Council approved several routine but consequential items: donations to support student civic engagement and graduation activities, a merit raise for city staff, and an on-demand IT support arrangement to help the city migrate to a .gov domain and address technical questions.
The council voted unanimously to donate $100 each to three students attending Girls State and agreed to add a fourth student at next month's meeting. A separate motion approved a $250 donation to the student council to underwrite graduation prizes and waived facility rental fees for the event; the chair additionally offered $100 from a councilor.
On personnel, the council approved a $1.50-per-hour merit increase for a staff member the chair praised as "indispensable" in preparing council materials. The raise was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote.
Council members also approved contracting on-demand IT assistance through an outside provider at a $75-per-hour rate to help with tasks such as acquiring a .gov email domain and website support. The staff described the arrangement as pay-as-used — there is no regular monthly fee; the city pays only when the service is used. The chair said completing the policy and employee manual work and consolidating scattered ordinances into a single book would proceed after legal review.
The council introduced Dustin Carter as the new code and animal enforcement officer; Carter said he has begun issuing warnings and will enforce ordinances on animal control, trash storage and property maintenance. The fire department reported regional training, including planning for battery substation incidents and basic nuclear-response training to coordinate with neighboring towns.
The meeting included multiple procedural items (treasurer's report, land use committee updates and water-supply discussion). A motion to pay the bills passed and the meeting adjourned.
