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Sugar Grove council approves retroactive raises for police chief and fiscal officer
Summary
The Village of Sugar Grove council voted 5-0 July 16 to raise Police Chief Jason Costlow’s pay to $25 per hour and to increase Fiscal Officer Sarah Haley’s monthly salary from $2,500 to $3,650, both retroactive after a formal resolution; council also approved bonding coverage for the fiscal officer.
The Sugar Grove Village Council on July 16 approved retroactive pay increases for two village employees and authorized bonding coverage for the fiscal officer.
Mayor Tyson Nye told council members the village would raise Police Chief Jason Costlow’s hourly rate to $25; Robin Sanborn moved the measure and Gerald Selby seconded. Mayor Nye said the increase will take effect retroactively once the formal resolution is passed; the motion was recorded as passed by council on a roll-call vote of 5-0.
Council also approved a raise for Fiscal Officer Sarah Haley, increasing her monthly salary from $2,500 to $3,650, retroactive to July after passage of a resolution. Sanborn moved the salary motion and Kendall Leland seconded; Mayor Nye declared the motion passed 5-0.
Separately, council voted to provide bonding coverage for Fiscal Officer Haley under the PEP Faithful Performance Policy, a bond-like insurance that covers fidelity/faithful performance for the clerk position. Jay Solenbarger moved the coverage and Robin Sanborn seconded; the measure was declared passed 5-0.
The raises and the bonding motion were recorded as individual motions with unanimous roll-call approvals. The meetings’ minutes and financial statements are part of the official record; the council set its next regular committee meeting for September 2024 at 7:00 p.m., and adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
No public comment opposing the compensation or the bonding was recorded in the minutes.
