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Hebron council approves 3% across-the-board pay increase, authorizes TAP grant application for multi-use path
Summary
At its Dec. 11 meeting, the Village of Hebron Council unanimously approved Ordinance 34-24 to raise pay rates by 3% for all village employees and authorized Mayor Mockus to apply for Transportation Alternatives Program funds for an Industrial Park/US 40 multi-use path connector. Council also scheduled a rezoning public hearing and held a brief executive session.
The Village of Hebron Council on Dec. 11 approved a 3% pay increase for all village employees and authorized a grant application for a multi-use trail connector.
At the start of the meeting, Mayor Valerie Mockus read the titles of pending legislation, including Ordinance 34-24, which would increase pay rates by 3% for all Village employees. Councilmember Jerry Carpenter moved to suspend further readings of the ordinance; Andrea Chapman seconded the motion, and the council voted unanimously to suspend the readings. Chapman then moved to approve Ordinance 34-24 as presented; Carpenter seconded, and a roll-call vote showed all members present voting in favor. The minutes record unanimous approval.
Council also took action on Resolution 24-20, which authorizes the mayor to prepare and submit an application for Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds for an Industrial Park/US 40 multi-use path connector and to execute any required contracts. Council suspended the readings for Resolution 24-20 (motion by Chapman; second by Stoner) and approved the resolution by unanimous roll-call vote.
Other procedural business included acknowledgment of receipt and review of the November 2024 bank reconciliation (motion by Kenney Nauer; second by Andrea Chapman), and scheduling a public hearing on Jan. 22, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. to consider a Planning & Zoning Board recommendation to rezone 952 W. Main Street. Council also set the 2025 organizational meeting for Jan. 8, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. All procedural motions were unanimous.
The council introduced Resolution 24-21 (a first reading accepting and awarding the 2025 hay-harvest bid for T.J. Evans Park to Paul Medley) but no final action on that resolution was recorded. The council briefly entered executive session at 6:28 p.m. to confer with the village attorney about disputes that are the subject of pending or imminent court action (pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(3)); council reconvened in open session at 6:35 p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 6:44 p.m. with no further substantive discussion recorded.
