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Ruthven council approves 3% wage increase for library employee; pauses decision on gifting casino grant dollars to fire department
Summary
Julie Alexander asked the council to approve a 3% raise for library employee Kim Mettler after a one-year review; the council approved the raise. Public comment requested the city consider gifting casino-derived per-capita and city award grant dollars to the fire department; Mayor Dustin Johnson said he would consult the Palo Alto Gaming Board before the council proceeds, and the council paused placement on the casino priority list.
Ruthven — At its Dec. 10 meeting the Ruthven City Council approved a 3% wage increase for library employee Kim Mettler following a one-year review and agreed to delay any decision about redirecting casino-derived grant funds to the fire department pending guidance from the Palo Alto Gaming Board.
Julie Alexander presented a review of the library year and asked the council to grant a 3% wage increase to Kim Mettler after Mettler's one-year evaluation. Councilmember Mitch Anderson moved to approve the raise and Morgan Miller seconded; the motion passed with Anderson, Derrickson, Miller and Cacek voting aye and Terrence Williams recorded as absent.
During public comment, Larry Fay described the new fire department building and asked whether the council would consider gifting the city's per-capita and casino city award grant dollars to the fire department. Mayor Dustin Johnson said he would contact the Palo Alto Gaming Board to determine whether the city can reassign those funds before the council makes any decision. Councilmembers agreed to wait on adding items to the city's casino-priority list until the gaming-board question and the building review are clarified.
The transcript records no dollar amounts for the grants, no formal motion to transfer funds, and no final council vote on the request. The council’s action on the wage increase will move to payroll processing under the clerk’s office; the question about casino-derived funds requires external confirmation from the Palo Alto Gaming Board before the council can act further.
