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Lamont council approves FY24 law-enforcement contract, sets Feb. 8 hearing on property tax levy
Summary
At its Jan. 11 meeting the Lamont City Council approved a $24,024 FY24 law-enforcement contract (Resolution 23-04) and set a Feb. 8 public hearing on the proposed FY24 property tax levy (Resolution 23-05). Both actions were approved by recorded council votes; the council also approved routine consent items.
The Lamont City Council approved a FY24 law-enforcement contract and scheduled a public hearing on the proposed city property tax levy at its meeting Wednesday night.
The council voted to authorize a law-enforcement contract for $24,024.00 for fiscal year 2024, recorded in the minutes as Resolution 23-04. The motion was recorded with "Ayes: Behrens, Lincoln, Slack, & Lamphier." The contract paperwork lists a per-capita rate of $56.00 based on the 2020 census population figure of 429.
The decision came among routine agenda items. Councilmember Kay Behrens moved to approve the consent agenda — including the January agenda, December minutes, bills, receipts and treasurer's report — with Councilmember Michael Slack seconding; the motion carried "All ayes." The consent agenda in the minutes includes payroll and vendor disbursements and lists total expenditures of $37,564.87 and total receipts of $53,042.40 for December.
City Clerk Paula Harvey presented the proposed property tax levy required under SF 634 and the council set a public hearing on the proposed FY24 city property tax levy for Feb. 8, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. The minutes record that the vote to set the hearing carried as Resolution 23-05 and lists the voting councilmembers as "Ayes: Lamphier, Behrens, Lincoln, & Slack."
Votes at a glance: the law-enforcement contract was recorded as supported by Behrens, Lincoln, Slack and Lamphier (minutes quote); the public hearing for the property tax levy was set with the same four councilmembers recorded as voting aye. Multiple routine motions (consent agenda and adjournment) are recorded as "All ayes" in the minutes.
The council did not debate the details of the law-enforcement contract in the minutes beyond the amount and per-capita rate, and the minutes do not record individual ‘no’ or abstain votes for any item. The council scheduled the statutory public hearing on the tax levy to give residents a chance to comment before final certification.
