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Michigantown council appoints Thomas Pilingback as town marshal, reviews maintenance and equipment needs
Summary
The council approved hiring Thomas Pilingback as part-time town marshal at $34 per hour and reviewed maintenance work (sign replacement, drain clearing) and a request to purchase a paint pump for road striping; claims approval and some billing amounts in the meeting record were unclear.
The Michigantown council moved to hire Thomas Pilingback as town marshal at $34 per hour, effective immediately when the employment contract is executed, the council’s presiding member said. The motion passed on a voice vote recorded as "Aye."
The hire followed discussion of the town’s previously approved salary ordinance and the council’s intent to align the marshal wage with comparable towns. "I'll make a motion to hire Thomas Pilingback as Tom Marshall at $34 an hour Effective immediately when contract's done," the Chair said during the meeting.
At the start of the session the Chair also moved to approve February–March claims and quoted a grand total of $19,348.66; the chair referenced adding an attorney billing item but the transcript’s line for that charge was garbled and the precise attorney fee is not specified in the meeting record.
Maintenance staff reported routine and project work across town: servicing tractors and mowers, replacing three traffic signs at Ohio and Second streets and repairing four additional signs, clearing storm drains after heavy rains, cleaning alleys, and assembling parts for a second bypass pump for the wastewater plant. A staff member also requested the council consider purchasing a paint pump (a pump-style applicator rather than aerosol cans) to apply thicker, longer-lasting traffic paint and said he would provide a price estimate by email.
The council also discussed a deteriorated asphalt drive near public restrooms and whether to replace it to meet ADA requirements or transfer responsibility for upkeep; members noted a full replacement would be more expensive and may require ADA accessibility work.
Quotations are taken verbatim from the meeting transcript and attributed to the presiding council member as 'Chair' or to maintenance staff as 'Staff member.' The meeting record reflects voice votes and staff reports; no roll-call vote tallies were read into the record for the marshal appointment or the claims approval.
