Stockbridge council approves $308,761.23 in bills; adds clerk job posting to agenda

The Village of Stockbridge Council approved payment of $308,761.23 in bills and amended the agenda to add a clerk job posting at its regular meeting on April 17, 2025. President Ogden called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m., and roll call showed five members present and two absent.

Councilmember Howlett moved to approve the agenda as amended by adding the Clerk job posting under New Business (item H); the motion was supported by Councilmember Powers-Taylor and recorded as passed. Howlett then moved to approve the March 20, March 27 and April 9 and April 11 meeting minutes as amended; the motion was supported by Councilmember Cattell and recorded as approved.

In a formal financial action, Councilmember Howlett moved, with Councilmember Cattell supporting, to pay the bills in the amount of $308,761.23. The council recorded the following roll-call votes: Aye — Morehouse, Howlett, Powers-Taylor, Cattell, Ogden; Nay — none; Absent — Good, Fairbotham. The motion passed.

The council received routine department and committee reports: a police department report, a zoning administrator report and a building committee report were provided; the DPW and some committee reports were noted as none. No members of the public offered comment during the public comment period.

The agenda amendment places a clerk job posting under New Business as item H for consideration under the meeting’s New Business section. The meeting proceeded to the Department & Committee Reports after the financial action; no further formal votes are recorded in the provided minutes.

Next procedural steps (meeting follow-ups and scheduling of action on the clerk posting) were not specified in the provided transcript.