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South Lebanon City Council approves three personnel ordinances, creates zoning manager position
Summary
At a special meeting April 23, 2026, the South Lebanon City Council unanimously approved an emergency appointment to the clerk of council, created an administrative specialist (replacing the executive assistant), and established a zoning manager position. Council members said funding for both old and new roles would require future council action.
The South Lebanon City Council on April 23, 2026, unanimously approved three personnel ordinances that adjust the city’s administrative staffing and create a new zoning manager position. Council called a special meeting at 5:30 p.m., took no public comments and then voted on the items.
The first measure, Emergency Ordinance 2026-05, approved an employee appointment to the clerk of council position and included a motion to waive the two-reading rule so the appointment could take effect immediately. The motion and waiver were approved unanimously.
On Ordinance 2026-06, the council approved a second-reading ordinance to create an administrative specialist position and set compensation and fund allocation. The staff member explaining the change said the administrative specialist is intended to replace the city’s former executive assistant role: "This is intended, as I said, to be a replacement of that old job description." Council Member Smith asked whether the change would require extra funding; a staff member replied that "that would require us to come back to council for additional funding, too, because there would not be enough funds in the budget to cover both positions." Linda Allen moved to approve Ordinance 2026-06 by title only; Lisa Feder seconded. The council voted unanimously to approve the ordinance.
The council also approved Ordinance 2026-07, a second-reading ordinance establishing a zoning manager position to handle zoning, building and planning matters. A staff member said the position "is being created to address all of the zoning issues that come before the city of South Lebanon" and explained the role is meant to provide more focused service delivery to residents and businesses. Linda Allen moved to approve the ordinance by title; the motion carried with a unanimous vote.
All votes recorded in the meeting were recorded as "yes" by the council members present: Allen, Commes, Feder, Harrison and Smith. After the ordinances were approved, a motion to adjourn was made and the meeting ended.
The council did not receive any public-comment speakers during the special meeting. The ordinances adjust city staffing and may require future budget action if the council chooses to retain both replaced and new positions concurrently. The council did not set an immediate effective date beyond the emergency ordinance’s waived reading rule.
Meeting documents and any final ordinance texts were not read into the record in full during the transcript; for details on compensation figures or effective dates, the council will need to publish the adopted ordinances or staff reports.
