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Toledo council approves EMS hire, reaffirms 2024 appointments and schedules budget work session
Summary
The Toledo City Council unanimously approved hiring a part‑time EMS employee at $25/hour, reaffirmed mayor and council appointments for 2025 and held a closed session under Iowa Code §21.5(1)(c) with no action taken; council also scheduled a budget work session for Jan. 27, 2025.
The Toledo City Council on Jan. 13 approved several administrative items including a part-time EMS hire, the reaffirmation of mayor and council appointments for 2025 and a budget work session schedule.
G. Johnson, listed as EMS Director in the meeting record, requested approval to hire Christopher Moore of Watkins, Iowa, as a part-time/PRN EMS employee at a starting wage of $25 per hour. Joe Boll moved to approve the hire; Terry Goodhart seconded the motion and all present voted aye.
Separately, councilmembers voted to keep the mayor and council committee assignments the same as in 2024. The record lists Joe Boll as mayor pro‑tem and identifies the official bank depository as State Bank of Toledo and authorized check signers as Sokol, Boll, McAdoo and Wacha. The motions to reaffirm appointments and designations passed unanimously.
The council also reviewed the claims report presented by the clerk showing accounts payable of $87,316.29 and payroll totaling $38,243.78, with fund-level allocations including General $66,376.56, Water $19,976.45 and Sewer $17,948.91.
On the recommendation of the city attorney (Marquess), the council moved into closed session under Iowa Code §21.5(1)(c) at 6:01 p.m. The council reconvened at 6:15 p.m.; the minutes state no action was taken during the closed session. Council set a budget work session to follow the next council meeting on Jan. 27, 2025, and adjourned at 6:21 p.m.
Why it matters: The personnel approval completes an immediate staffing need for EMS response; reaffirmed appointments set leadership and committee oversight for 2025. The closed session was convened under the cited state statute and, according to the minutes, produced no formal action. The budget work session indicates the council’s next steps on financial planning.
