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Planefield council adopts pay ordinance, approves broad consent agenda including contracts and grants
Summary
The Planefield City Council unanimously adopted a salary-and-wage ordinance on second reading and approved a large consent agenda that included contracts for grant-writing, auditing, fuel purchases and multiple vendor authorizations, plus tax refunds and veteran tax cancellations.
Planefield — The City Council unanimously adopted MC2026-01, an ordinance updating the schedule of salaries and wages, after the deputy read the ordinance by title and the body closed public comment before a roll-call vote in which every council member voted yes.
The ordinance is one of several items the council approved during a meeting dominated by departmental presentations and a lengthy consent agenda. Finance Director presented 15 items, including a contract authorizing Millennium to continue grant-writing services — the director said Millennium helped secure about $4.7 million for the city in 2025 — and an annual audit contract with Sley Clooney & Company not to exceed $150,000.
In addition to the payroll ordinance, council approved a bundle of routine vendor authorizations and procurement resolutions covering purchasing office supplies ($315,000), fire equipment ($394,000), information-technology purchases (about $47,755,0 reported in the presentation), public-safety equipment ($2,318,000), public-works parts and equipment ($1,687,000), diesel purchases ($430,000), heating fuel ($100,000) and gasoline ($340,000). Resolutions also authorized tax refunds totaling $27,158.96 for duplicate or overpayments and a property-tax cancellation of approximately $22,946.12 for four veterans with 100% disability status.
Corporation Counsel asked for several appropriations to pay invoices for services rendered in December 2025 so the city could close out the previous year; those requests were presented as routine and within the temporary budget approved at the reorganization meeting. Solid Waste and Sewer requested vendor qualification approvals and awarded CME engineering work not to exceed $98,897 and a $10,000 change order on the Watson Avenue pump-station project; the director said the project remained about $100,000 under budget overall.
Council President Cherry opened the floor to public comment on resolutions; resident Richard Loosley urged the city to pursue a reassessment under the state's Community Rating System for flood insurance savings. No public opposition was recorded on MC2026-01 at the close of its hearing.
Council also voted to table MC2026-02 by unanimous roll call after a motion to table was made and seconded.
The council adjourned after recognizing public works and other departments for heavy storm-related work and reiterating ongoing city business priorities.
