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Bridgeport Township board approves 2025 budget adjustments, 4% pay raise; renews liability insurance 6–1
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Bridgeport Charter Township Board approved 2025 budget adjustments, a 4% administrative wage increase for 2026 and a list of financial institutions; it also renewed liability insurance in a 6–1 roll call and deferred the manager contract to Jan. 6, 2026.
The Bridgeport Charter Township Board on Dec. 16 approved a series of administrative and financial measures, including 2025 budget adjustments and a 4% wage increase for administrative staff for 2026.
Trustee Foxx moved and Trustee Schluckebier seconded approval of the 2025 budget adjustments; the motion carried unanimously. The board then approved a 4% wage rate increase for administrative employees after Trustee Schluckebier moved and Trustee McFarland seconded the measure. Trustee Williams moved and Trustee Schluckebier seconded approval of the township’s list of financial institutions for 2026; that motion also passed unanimously.
In unfinished business, the board voted to set the Governmental Center closing hour at 5:00 p.m., with Township Manager Chris Shannon authorized to set staff start times. The motion was moved by Trustee McFarland and seconded by Trustee Placher and passed on a unanimous voice vote.
On the township’s liability insurance renewal, Trustee McFarland moved and Trustee Kuznicki seconded to renew coverage with Trident Public Risk Solutions through MyMember Insurance Company. The board approved the renewal in a roll-call vote: Placher, Evans, Kuznicki, Williams, McFarland and Schluckebier voted yes; Clerk Eddie Foxx voted no. The motion carried 6–1.
Discussion of the township manager contract produced no motion; the board directed that the item be placed on the Jan. 6, 2026 Board of Trustees meeting agenda for further consideration.
The meeting included routine department reports: Police Chief Skabardis reported an $11,000 equipment grant to purchase spike strips and tasers, and Fire Chief Smigiel said the new Bridgeport Tractor Supply Co. donated $250 each to the police and fire departments as part of community support.
The board adjourned at 7:48 p.m. The next meeting on the board calendar is Jan. 6, 2026, where the manager’s contract will be revisited.
