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Garrett Park council adopts personnel manual tweaks, raises election worker honoraria and approves consent agenda
Summary
The council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2026-1 (personnel manual clarifications) and Resolution No. 2026-2 (raising election judges' honoraria to $200 and poll workers to $100), approved the consent agenda, and confirmed a closed-session decision to allow a specific employee to trial a part-time schedule beginning FY 2027.
At its April 13 meeting, the Garrett Park Town Council unanimously adopted two resolutions and approved its consent agenda.
Assistant Town Manager Kayla Buker told the council that three minor drafting errors were found in the Personnel Manual; proposed Resolution No. 2026-1 clarified sick and annual leave accrual calculations for part-time employees who work at least 20 hours and added brother‑in‑law, sister‑in‑law, son‑in‑law and daughter‑in‑law to the bereavement-leave section. Councilmember Phil Schulp moved adoption; John Stroud seconded, and the resolution passed unanimously.
Town Manager Barb Matthews said Resolution No. 2026-2 was prepared at the request of Mayor Keller to increase honoraria paid to election judges from $100 to $200 and poll workers from $50 to $100. Councilmember Stroud moved adoption; Councilmember Chris Deutsch seconded, and the council approved the resolution unanimously. The transcript does not specify an effective date for the new honoraria.
The meeting minutes and other listed records were approved as part of the Consent Agenda by unanimous vote. The council also reported that, during a closed session on April 1, it agreed to honor a request by a specific employee to transition from full-time to part-time employment on a trial basis beginning in FY 2027; the closed session had been authorized under Maryland Code, General Provisions Article, Sec. 3-305(b)(1).
Resident Tony Altar used the public comment period to question the need for Ordinance No. 2026-3 (driveway and curb-entrance regulations), saying he could not tell from the Bugle write-up what problem the ordinance addressed and that he does not feel it is necessary. Councilmember Phil Schulp replied that the town has moved from rounded curbs to vertical curbs because the latter are considered safer.
The meeting adjourned at 8:59 p.m.
