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Morgantown council approves $287,678 water pay application and several appropriations, makes deputy clerk full time
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Morgantown Town Council approved a $287,678.46 pay application for the water improvement project funded with OCRA, passed two small additional appropriations, approved town remodel and vendor invoices, and voted to make the deputy clerk position full time; all recorded votes were unanimous.
Morgantown’s Town Council voted Sept. 8 to approve a series of budget and vendor payments, including Pay Application No. 3 from Reed & Sons for $287,678.46 to be paid with OCRA funds, and to make the deputy clerk position full time pending a salary decision later this year.
The council opened and closed the public hearing on the 2026 budget with no public comment and set the adoption hearing for Oct. 13, 2025. During the business session, Council member Jeremy Baker moved to approve Resolution 2025-9, an additional appropriation of $14,514 to Local Roads and Streets; Council member Courtney Allen seconded and the motion passed 4-0. Baker and Allen also moved and seconded approval of Resolution 2025-10, a $294 appropriation to the Park Fund; that motion also passed 4-0.
Council President Joe Blevins reported that work on the Town Hall remodel continues; plumbing and electrical are complete and Rose Construction is ready to install drywall. The council approved payment of a Rose Construction invoice for $53,920.96 (motion: Jewel Blevins; second: Courtney Allen; vote: 4-0).
On the water improvement project, council members were told Reed & Sons is awaiting American-made valves, which has slowed work. The council approved Fleis & Vandenbrink invoice #74848 for $4,000 (motion: Jewel Blevins; second: Jeremy Baker; vote: 4-0) and approved Reed & Sons Pay Application No. 3 totaling $287,678.46, to be paid using OCRA funds (motion: Jeremy Baker; second: Courtney Allen; vote: 4-0).
The council voted to make Deputy Clerk Becky Smith a full-time employee and to consider a proposed $2.00-per-hour raise as part of the 2026 Salary Ordinance later in the year (motion: Jewel Blevins; second: Jeremy Baker; vote: 4-0). Council members said the office workload and corrected billing practices supported the staffing change; the raise will be decided with the formal salary ordinance process.
Other financial actions included approval of claims dated Sept. 8, 2025 totaling $341,843.31, approval of September payroll, and acceptance of the July 2025 bank reconciliation. The council also approved two utility account credits: a combined $404.62 adjustment for Ron Key and a $24.89 adjustment for Christina Poe.
The meeting ended after routine items including selection of Style B (Boston Harbor/Sanibel) street lights for an upcoming INDOT project and appointments to the Unsafe Building Committee. The council recorded no public comments. The 2026 budget adoption hearing is scheduled for Oct. 13, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
