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Grand Mound council approves 5% wage increase for Nick Lange; health insurance change passes 3-2
Summary
On Jan. 13, 2025, the Grand Mound City Council approved Resolution 20-02 to increase Nick Lange’s wage by 5% effective July 1, 2025, and to change employee health insurance contribution to 10% (or alternatively a 10% stipend); the measure passed on a 3-2 vote.
The Grand Mound City Council approved Resolution 20-02 on Jan. 13, 2025, setting a 5% wage increase for city employee Nick Lange effective July 1, 2025, and changing the employee health insurance contribution to 10% or, alternatively, providing a 10% stipend.
The minutes record the roll call on the resolution as: Schanze—aye; Beitelspacher—nay; Banowetz—aye; Green—aye; Beuthien—nay. The resolution therefore passed by a 3–2 vote. The minutes do not show additional debate text or verbatim statements on the record regarding the rationale for the health insurance change or the stipend option.
According to the resolution language recorded in the minutes, the wage increase applies to Nick Lange and the health insurance action either increases employee contribution to 10% or offers a 10% stipend; the minutes do not specify which option individual employees will select or how the stipend would be administered.
The measure was recorded as approved during the council’s regular meeting; no subsequent implementation details or effective dates beyond the July 1, 2025 start date for the wage increase are recorded in these minutes. The council adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
