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Board approves interim retention for finance advisor, discusses deputy treasurer pay and reinstates planning retainer
Summary
The board agreed to retain departing finance officer Brett Padgett on an hourly basis during transition, approved a key‑fob and travel for the deputy treasurer, discussed making the deputy role full‑time at $40,000 and reinstated a planning retainer with McKenna to provide weekly on‑site services.
During its June 15 meeting the Comstock Township board approved several administrative and staffing items intended to maintain continuity in finance and planning operations.
Treasurer Bloomfield requested that Brett Padgett — the township’s departing finance director — remain on an hourly basis to assist with the transition. Bloomfield said Padgett offered to stay and the board approved continuing his hourly employment at $22 per hour as needed.
The board also approved providing deputy treasurer William Knight with a key fob for building access and authorized out‑of‑state travel for him to attend a BSNA conference in Florida October 5–8 (the board recorded the travel approval vote). Bloomfield proposed and the board discussed but did not finalize a proposal to reclassify the deputy role to a full‑time position at $40,000 per year plus retirement contributions; board members asked for a written job description and background‑check procedures and agreed to return the item to the July 6 agenda for further discussion.
On planning services, the board reinstated a retainer with McKenna, the township’s planning consultant, to provide one day per week on‑site office service, plan reviews, and attendance at planning commission and zoning board meetings. McKenna’s representative explained that the retainer had been dropped earlier in the year to hourly billing when in‑house staff capacity was sufficient, but asked to reinstate the retainer to cover increased workload from projects including battery energy storage proposals and other development reviews.
Separately, the board authorized purchase of portable and mobile radios for the fire department and approved hiring three part‑time on‑call probationary firefighters, items presented earlier in the meeting.
