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Council approves firefighter pay steps, accepts resignations and advances tuition‑reimbursement ordinances
Summary
The council approved multiple firefighter personnel actions (annual rate increases and a status change), accepted firefighter resignations, and read/advanced council bills 35‑79 and 35‑80—ordinances to reimburse firefighter tuition—during the meeting.
The Pleasant Valley City Council approved personnel actions for the fire department, including annual pay-step changes and a status change, accepted two resignations and advanced two ordinances that reimburse firefighter tuition.
S9 read the personnel items aloud and sought council approval. The council approved an annual rate increase for Jason Gibson (listed at "$16.37 per hour") and a step increase for Justin Stephanie (from "$15.74 per hour" to a higher step listed in the packet), and approved a status change for Kate Turner from volunteer firefighter to firefighter EMT (grade 100, step 1). The council also accepted resignations from volunteer firefighter Alexander Buckner and Captain Amos Kurtzberg (resignation effective dates are recorded in the meeting materials). Members voted verbally in favor on each item.
During old business, the clerk read council bill 35‑79 (an amendment to ordinance 35‑33) and council bill 35‑80 (an amendment to ordinance 35‑28), each described as agreements between the City of Pleasant Valley and individual firefighters to reimburse tuition and related fees. The mayor and pro tem asked for motions to pass each bill on first reading and to place them on second reading; roll calls were conducted and members responded affirmatively.
Council members discussed staffing and recruitment for medic positions: staff said several EMTs are currently in medical school and that promotions from within should help fill paramedic vacancies over time; the promotion timeline for certain positions was described as approximately a year and a half.
The meeting record lists the ordinances and the personnel approvals; the transcript shows the council voted to advance the tuition‑reimbursement ordinances and approved the personnel items, but it does not supply a complete numeric roll‑call tally for every action beyond verbal "Yes" confirmations.
