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Town accepts retroactive salary ordinance, renews online codified ordinances hosting and reviews barking rule
Summary
Clerk/Treasurer MacKenzie Taylor presented a retroactive salary ordinance to reflect the new hire's wages, two months of bank reconciliations, approved a $550 renewal for American Legal Publishing to host town ordinances, and the council discussed adjusting the dog-barking ordinance to 9:30 p.m. and a 15-minute threshold.
Millersburg — At its March 25 meeting, the council approved a retroactive amended salary ordinance reflecting wages for the newly hired officer and renewed an online codified ordinances hosting agreement.
Clerk/Treasurer MacKenzie Taylor presented the retroactive amended salary ordinance, which reflected wages for Mike Waas; Dean Smith moved to accept the ordinance, Joni Miller seconded and the motion was approved by voice vote. Taylor also presented bank reconciliations for January and February 2026, which she said were reviewed by Suzy Bass and signed by council members.
Taylor offered a $550 annual quote from American Legal Publishing to host the town's codified ordinances; Dean moved to approve renewal, Joni seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The council discussed complaints about excessive dog barking. The current ordinance threshold is 30 consecutive minutes. Council members debated reasonable evening hours and settled informally on a compromise meeting in the middle of suggestions: a 9:30 p.m. standard and a 15-minute consecutive barking limit was proposed. Taylor emphasized the ordinance's intent is to address chronic violations rather than brief or occasional barking.
Why it matters: The salary ordinance places the new hire on town payroll formally; hosting the code online improves public access. Changes to the barking ordinance would affect enforcement and neighbor expectations.
The council approved the salary ordinance and the online hosting renewal by voice vote; the barking-time adjustment was discussed but not adopted as a formal ordinance change at this meeting.
