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Bettsville council adopts 2024 tax certification resolution, reallocates funds and approves insurance and savings measures
Summary
Council approved Resolution 2024-9 certifying tax levies for 2024, approved a $3,400 reallocation to repair a dry hydrant, accepted a small medical-insurance premium increase and joined a workers'-comp impact-reduction program expected to save roughly $900 first year.
The Bettsville village council moved to adopt Resolution 2024-9, which accepts the amounts and rates determined by the budget commission and certifies necessary tax levies for the 2024 budget year; the body declared an emergency and passed the resolution by roll call.
Council also approved reallocating $3,400 from fire reserves to equipment to pay for dry-hydrant repairs, following staff reports that the repair was completed and is working. Members recorded the reallocation and moved to authorize the transfer.
On insurance and cost controls, the council reviewed a Parker Insurance renewal for a staff member’s medical coverage that increased 0.55% (about $4.25 per month) and approved participation in a workers'-compensation Claim Impact Reduction Program recommended by their Sedgwick representative. Staff said the impact program will save approximately $900 the first year (with progressively smaller savings in subsequent years) in exchange for roughly three hours per year of online safety training for one employee.
The council also read Ordinance 2024-10 on first reading — an ordinance regulating natural gas rates for calendar year 2025 — and scheduled further consideration; that ordinance received a first reading only. Members discussed personnel handbook language on sick-time accrual and agreed to draft clarified rollover language for the next meeting.
Next steps: staff will prepare finalized handbook amendment language, file signed resolution paperwork with the county auditor and document training completion for the impact-reduction program.
