Village council approves 3% raises for three employees, announces lagoons opening and monthly brush pickup

Mayor Elva Wyandt called the village council to order on Feb. 10 and the council approved routine business including the minutes, the finance statement, the budget and payment of bills.

After recessing into an executive session on employee compensation at 7:40 p.m., the council returned to open session at 8:00 p.m. and approved a motion, moved by Councilman Chris Healy and seconded by Nick Stephy, to grant a 3% raise retroactive to Jan. 1 for three employees identified in the record as Briggs, Chupa and Delgado. The council also approved an additional $1.50 increase for Delgado tied to a six-month step increase. The motion was recorded as approved; no roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript. The recorded resulting wage figures in the meeting record are Briggs $24.81, Delgado $17.98 and Chupa $23.25.

The meeting minutes show the raises are retroactive to Jan. 1; the record does not specify whether the listed figures are hourly wages or annualized amounts. The council's action was described in a single motion and there was no separate amendment recorded.

Council also announced that the lagoons are now open to the public and that village brush will be collected on the last Friday of each month. The council set its next regular meeting for Feb. 24 at 7:00 p.m.

The council approved the personnel and routine financial motions by recorded motion-and-second statements in the meeting; the transcript notes only that each motion was approved and gives the names who moved and seconded but does not provide individual yes/no vote counts or who was absent.