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Milroy council debates employee pay, completes reviews and tightens meeting conduct
Summary
Across multiple meetings the council debated raises and benefits, conducted employee reviews, authorized overtime payout, and agreed new meeting and livestream guidelines; pay-equity filing and a special Jan. 13 meeting were scheduled to finalize wages and personnel policy.
Council meetings in 2024 included repeated discussion of employee reviews, compensation and benefits. At a special Aug. 26 meeting, a motion to increase the Clerk/Treasurer’s pay by 4% failed for lack of a second; at the same special meeting the council unanimously approved paying out 36 hours of overtime to Public Works Director Dean Duscher.
The council scheduled and conducted employee performance reviews (some actions recorded as completed, some deferred). The minutes reflect ongoing debate about wages and benefits compared with surrounding cities and contain a plan for a special Jan. 13, 2025 meeting to discuss wages, hours, benefits, the personnel policy and the Pay Equity report (which the clerk noted must be filed by Jan. 31, 2025).
Separately, the council discussed meeting conduct: a work session on April 22 addressed complaints about councilmembers using cell phones during meetings and clarified that phones should only be used for emergencies or to look up meeting‑related items. Live streaming of meetings and audio quality were also discussed; council agreed to investigate equipment upgrades and posting council packets online while exploring options to avoid interactive comment during livestreams.
The minutes show council consideration of staff retention concerns raised by residents, public comments urging improved compensation, and training requests for newly elected officials. The city clerk and public-works director publicly received praise in open forum for their service; council indicated it will continue personnel and benefits discussions in the scheduled special meeting.
