Winfield council adopts payroll clerk and street mechanic job descriptions and amends salary ordinance

The Winfield Town Council approved three personnel-related ordinances in a single meeting, adding a payroll clerk position, creating a street department mechanic role and amending the town’s 2026 salary ordinance to accommodate the new role.

Council members moved and seconded motions to adopt Ordinance No. 387 (establishing a payroll clerk position) and suspended the rules to consider the ordinance on second reading; the council voted to adopt the ordinance. Later the council considered Ordinance No. 388, which establishes a street department mechanic position. Town officials said the job description contemplates a part-time or as-needed position to perform lighter maintenance work that had previously been outsourced; the change is intended to reduce vehicle repair costs. The council suspended the rules and adopted Ordinance No. 388 on second reading.

Because the street mechanic position was not captured in the town’s existing 2026 salary ordinance, the council approved Ordinance No. 383-a to amend the salary schedule for non-elected employees. Council members confirmed the job descriptions were adopted and that salary amounts would be set or contemplated at a later point; one councilor asked whether the salary line in the ordinance encompassed a title and how starting pay would be handled.

Each ordinance passed following motions, seconds, and roll-call votes recorded in the meeting. The council did not specify final salaries for the payroll clerk or mechanic during the meeting; salary-setting was noted as a separate administrative step.