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Votes at a glance: Magnolia Council approves procedural items, cemetery hire and proclamation
Summary
The council unanimously approved multiple routine motions including excusing two members, accepting minutes and fiscal reports, paying bills, hiring a cemetery caretaker (Res. 2025-8), and adopting a Motorcycle Awareness Month proclamation.
Magnolia Village Council voted on a series of routine and substantive items during its April 16 meeting. All recorded motions listed in the minutes passed unanimously.
Key outcomes:
- Excused absences: Council excused Grant Downes and Eric White (motion by Scott Noble; second by Jim Miller). Result: unanimous.
- Minutes: Council accepted the regular March 19, 2025 minutes (motion by Kurt Stanley; second by Claudia Rogers). Result: unanimous.
- Fiscal report: Council accepted the Fiscal Officer's report as presented (motion by Claudia Rogers; second by Jim Miller). Result: unanimous.
- Bills: Council authorized payment of bills as presented (motion by Jim Miller; second by Claudia Rogers). Result: unanimous.
- Cemetery hiring (Res. 2025-8): Council approved hiring Bill Kegley as cemetery caretaker effective May 1, 2025 (motion by Claudia Rogers; second by Scott Noble). Result: unanimous. A contract will be prepared.
- Wage ordinance: Council accepted the first reading of a solicitor-drafted ordinance to raise pay rates for certain positions (motion by Jim Miller; second by Claudia Rogers). The item requires two additional readings before final adoption.
- Proclamation: Council adopted a proclamation declaring May "Motorcycle Awareness Month" (motion by Scott Noble; second by Jim Miller). Result: unanimous.
- Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned on motion of Jim Miller, seconded by Kurt Stanley. Result: unanimous.
Votes and motions were recorded in the meeting minutes; where specific tallies were not listed the minutes reported "All Ayes."
