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Votes at a glance: minutes, diesel bid, consent items, summer youth program and executive-session approvals
Summary
The board approved minutes (one opposed), accepted a low diesel bid from Kaiser Enterprises, approved consent items 2to9, authorized a summer youth work program for eight students at $10.55/hr, and returned from executive session approving personnel changes, a resignation and a bond resolution without a tax increase.
The Brookhaven City board recorded several formal actions during the meeting:
- Approval of minutes (05/05/2026): The board moved and seconded to accept the minutes; the motion passed with one recorded 'no' vote (identified in discussion as Mister Hahn).
- Off-road diesel procurement: The board received two bids and approved the low bid from Kaiser Enterprises ($4.51 per gallon) over Arby Walls ($4.57). The motion to accept the Kaiser bid was moved, seconded and passed.
- Consent agenda (items 2through9): A single motion to approve the listed consent items passed unanimously.
- Summer youth work program: Staff (Mavis) requested approval to hire eight students for summer employment in street, water and cemetery departments at $10.55 per hour, pending drug tests and physicals; the board approved the hiring.
- Executive session outcomes: After an executive session covering personnel and easements the board returned and approved one resignation, approved a personnel hire, made payroll changes, accepted a bond resolution described to the board as "without tax increase," and discussed a temporary easement to allow city cleaning of ditches. The motion to accept the executive-session items passed with one opposed (Miss Hahn).
Where names and vote tallies were recorded in the transcript, the meeting log reflected the votes; several items were passed by motion without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
