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South Bloomfield council approves emergency pay-step increase for fiscal officer; advances repayment ordinance
Summary
At its May 4 meeting, the Village of South Bloomfield council approved Resolution 2026-07 to move Fiscal Officer Carla Hart to Pay Step 5 as an emergency and passed the first reading of Ordinance 2026-05 to repay an advance to the general fund; both measures were approved with recorded unanimous votes among listed council members.
The Village of South Bloomfield Council on May 4 approved a personnel pay change and advanced an ordinance related to the general fund.
Council member Lisa McDorman moved to approve the first reading of Resolution 2026-07 to move Fiscal Officer Carla Hart to Pay Step 5; Council member Sean Shaw seconded the motion. After debate, council voted to waive the second and third readings and adopt the resolution as an emergency (motion to waive by Sean Shaw, seconded by Nicole Jenkins). Recorded votes for the waiver and adoption listed Tim Ooten, Woody Blanton, Nicole Jenkins, Lisa McDorman, Sean Shaw and Amber Murphy as voting yes; the motions carried.
Separately, Council member Sean Shaw moved and Council member Amber Murphy seconded approval of Ordinance 2026-05, “Ordinance to Repay Advance to the General Fund,” on its first reading. The motion carried with recorded yes votes from Tim Ooten, Woody Blanton, Nicole Jenkins, Lisa McDorman, Sean Shaw and Amber Murphy.
Both actions were taken during the new-business portion of the May 4 meeting; the council also handled routine housekeeping motions to pay bills and adjourn, which passed by recorded votes among the same listed members. The minutes show no recorded dissent on the personnel or ordinance votes.
The resolution takes immediate effect as adopted by emergency; the ordinance was advanced on first reading and will return for further readings unless the council moves to waive them in a future meeting. The transcript does not specify the amount of the pay-step change or the size of the general-fund advance to be repaid.
Council recorded the meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
