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Titonka retains longtime cleaners, posts part-time hours and sets fitness-center pay
Summary
Council extended a cleaning contract, authorized continued free lifetime memberships for named cleaners, approved posting two part-time cleaning roles (14 combined hours per two weeks), set fitness-center salaries by resolution and appointed members to a Fitness Center Committee.
The Titonka City Council on Feb. 13 took a package of actions affecting the municipal fitness center: it extended the cleaning contract of Sharon Uken until a replacement is hired; approved continuing free lifetime fitness memberships for 'Sharon Uken and Sam (Gary) and Pam Schmidt' as compensation for unpaid cleaning and maintenance; authorized posting two part-time cleaning positions capped at a combined 14 hours every two weeks; and adopted a resolution setting salaries for fitness center staff effective at the start of the next pay period.
The motions were introduced and seconded by council members and passed unanimously among those present (AYES: Mike Etherington, Sara Hamilton, Irvin Harms, Katie Prothman; ABSENT: Mike Fredrickson). Council member Sara Hamilton moved to extend the cleaning contract and council member Irvin Harms seconded. Council member Mike Etherington moved to continue the lifetime memberships and council member Katie Prothman seconded. Council also approved posting two part-time cleaning positions (maximum combined 14 hours per two weeks), a detail specified during the motion to fill interim staffing needs.
Mayor David LaGue appointed council members Mike Fredrickson and Katie Prothman to a newly created Fitness Center Committee. The council also approved returning to the older payment system for fitness center fees (ACH file creation by the city clerk, or cash or check payments).
Clarifying details recorded in the minutes: the two part-time cleaning positions carry a maximum combined total of 14 hours every two weeks (about one hour per day); the resolution on salaries is effective at the start of the next payroll period; the meeting did not specify exact salary amounts or the dollar value of any compensation related to memberships. The transcript records the beneficiaries of continued lifetime memberships as 'Sharon Uken and Sam (Gary) and Pam Schmidt,' and the name 'Sam (Gary)' appears ambiguously in the minutes.
