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Whitehall council approves minutes-change and personnel resolutions, approves health-department lease and recreation funding; remote-meeting agreement fails
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting Whitehall’s council approved three resolutions on minutes format and employee time policies, approved a health-department lease and recreation funding, accepted a council resignation and recorded a failed vote on a remote-meeting agreement.
The Whitehall Town Council at its Feb. 18 meeting approved multiple administrative resolutions, authorized a lease with the Jefferson County Health Department and approved funding for a proposed pickleball/tennis court, while a separate motion to approve a remote-meeting agreement failed on a recorded vote.
Pat Peterson moved and Bill Lanes seconded passage of Resolution 2025-2 to change the format of meeting minutes from a verbatim transcript to a synopsis; councilors discussed video-retention requirements (one year) and cloud-storage costs before approving the resolution unanimously. The council also approved Resolution 2025-3 to establish a compensatory-time policy and Resolution 2025-4 to establish a flexible-worktime policy; the flex-time resolution was amended so flex time must be used within the same pay period. All three resolutions passed unanimously.
On other business, Gina Ossello presented a plan and potential Wisner Family funding for a pickleball/tennis court; Roy McBride moved to use existing funds for the project and the motion passed unanimously. A lease agreement with the Jefferson County Health Department, under which registered nurses would use the City Court as a satellite office on Tuesday afternoons, passed on a unanimous vote after council discussion of staffing and use.
The council considered a remote-agreement for Kennedy Kleinsasser during an executive session; a motion to approve that remote agreement failed. The transcript records the roll-call: Bill Lanes and Shawn Hoagland voted yes; Katy James, Linda Jung and Roy McBride voted no; Pat Peterson had left early and was recorded as voting no by proxy. The motion failed by recorded vote.
Mayor Mary Janacaro-Hensleigh acknowledged Pat Peterson’s resignation effective March 1 and announced Town Hall office-hour changes effective March 31. The council approved the consent agenda and the bill/claim list and adjourned at 8:55 p.m. No additional votes on ordinances were taken beyond those noted above.
