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Michiana council approves 9% salary increase for village office and public works staff
Summary
After a closed session to consider an attorney-client privileged letter, the council approved a 9% increase to the total salary budget for the Department of Works and the Village Office, to take effect after employees meet individually with council members.
Following a closed session called under Section 8(h) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, the Village of Michiana council on Sept. 6 approved a 9% raise applied to the total salary budget for the Department of Works and the Village Office.
A motion to enter closed session was made by an individual identified in the record as "TJ" and seconded by Mike Botelho; the motion cited "Section 8(H) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act to go into closed session to consider an attorney-client privileged letter from our counsel, which is exempt from public disclosure." The council returned to open session at 3:50 p.m.
Tim McCarthy said, based on retention and counsel discussions, the council would implement a 9% increase for the two departments. McCarthy moved to approve the increase to take effect on the next payroll after each employee has met with a council member; Botelho seconded and the motion passed by voice vote.
The council did not include individual employee names or specific salary tables in the open record; the motion links the effective date to a brief, individual meeting requirement between employees and a council member. The transcript does not specify the fiscal-year budgetary line items that will absorb the increase, only that the raise is to be applied to the total salary budget for the two departments.
