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Loma Linda trustees approve 2025 budget, renew electric agreement and authorize attorney hire pending rates
Summary
At their Jan. 14 meeting, the Loma Linda Board of Trustees approved the 2025 municipal budget, renewed a municipal electric service agreement, and voted to hire a town attorney candidate pending approval of his billing rate; routine financial reports and bill payments were also approved.
The Loma Linda Board of Trustees approved the town’s 2025 budget, renewed a municipal electric service contract and authorized hiring a town attorney candidate during a meeting on Jan. 14, 2025.
The board convened at 6:30 p.m. and first approved minutes for Nov. 12, Nov. 26 and Dec. 18, 2024. Trustees then voted to adopt the 2025 budget after a motion by Trustee Bruce Anderson, seconded by Trustee Barbara Hutchison; the motion carried unanimously.
Jan Woody read the financial reports for November and December 2024. Trustees unanimously approved both reports after motions moved and seconded by Bruce Anderson/Barbara Hutchison and Aaron Hamilton/Tyler Ehrhart, respectively. The board then authorized payment of routine monthly bills: December 2024 payments totaled $19,131.31 from the General Account, $289.55 from the Utility Account and $26.09 from the Park Account; January 2025 payments totaled $9,920.34 from the General Account, $216.20 from the Utility Account and $26.15 from the Park Account. Motions to pay the bills were approved; the minutes record that Chair James Childers abstained from the bill-payment votes.
Trustees also renewed the municipal electric service agreement. Trustee Aaron Hamilton moved to approve the renewal, Trustee Bruce Anderson seconded, and the motion was recorded as unanimously approved.
On personnel and legal services, the board discussed a town attorney candidate, William Peterson. Trustee Bruce Anderson moved to hire Peterson contingent on approval of his billing rate; Trustee Aaron Hamilton seconded and the motion was recorded as unanimously approved.
Other items addressed included routine updates and inquiries under “Around Town.” A November–December lift-station report showed flows within limits compared with 2023. Residents raised questions about south-course lot building requirements and about re-striping Loma Linda Drive and additional fire hydrants. The board heard that hydrants ordered for the Redings Mill Fire District were shipped to Joplin on Jan. 21, 2025 and are expected to be installed by month-end. The board agreed to send a letter to the owner of a dumpster at 5533 Rosebud that has been on-site for an extended period.
Chair James Childers proposed several ordinance updates, including SEMA-related language, south-course building requirements and trustee term limits; the board will revisit those proposals at its February meeting. Two board seats are up for the April 8, 2025 election; Childers and Bruce Anderson have filed for re-election.
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
