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Mentone council approves nominations, contracts and routine payments in Jan. 7 meeting
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the council nominated Jill Gross as council president, authorized staff to pursue park grants, approved routine memberships and payments, and accepted contracts for legal and engineering services; all listed motions carried as recorded in the minutes.
The Mentone Town Council completed a series of routine nominations, contract approvals and payment authorizations during its Jan. 7 meeting.
Key actions recorded in the minutes include: nomination of Jill Gross as council president (motion by Shelly Kruger; carried); authorization for Councilor Amanda Yaprak and Amy Roe to pursue grant funding for Mentzer Park Phase 2 (motion by Timothy Croy; carried); rejection of the proposed 11-page Salary Ordinance 26-488 and direction to revert to the prior two-page ordinance with employee classifications (motion by Jill Gross; carried); authorization for Amanda Yaprak to remit membership payments (AIM invoice $1,435 and ILMCT $107) and the council's acceptance of claims (motions carried); approval of legal advertisement dates for upcoming bids (publication Jan. 14 and Jan. 21) and scheduling of a special meeting and bid opening on Jan. 26 at 6:00 PM; approval of an annual legal-services contract with Lemon, Keirn & Rovenstine, LLP; and approval of the Emans Engineering Agreement for 2026. The council adjourned at the end of the meeting.
The minutes record each motion as "carried" but do not include roll-call tallies in the published summary. Where a mover and a second are listed in the minutes, those names are recorded below; individual yes/no vote counts are not specified in the minutes and therefore are noted as "not specified."
