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Brookhaven board approves hires, vehicle transfer and $4.5 million bond authorization after executive session
Summary
After returning from executive session the board approved multiple personnel actions (police hires, janitor, water and solid-waste hires), a vehicle transfer to the police department (up to $10,000 plus $33,000 insurance funds) and authorization to move forward with a $4.5 million bond on a 10-year term; one alderman abstained on the bond vote.
The Brookhaven Board of Aldermen returned from executive session and the mayor reported a set of personnel and budget approvals. The board approved one-year service payments for two police employees, the hiring of two police patrol officers who advanced from trainee status, a janitor position (no more than 20 hours per week), two hires in the water department, one anniversary increase, a new concrete crew hire, two solid-waste hires and anniversary increases in the street administration department.
The board also approved an intra-city vehicle transfer to the police department, authorizing up to $10,000 from budget line 5-20 and approving $33,000 from an insurance payment for a patrol vehicle. Finally, the board approved moving forward with issuing a $4,500,000 municipal bond on a 10-year term to support capital needs; the transcript shows one abstention by an alderman who said he had not received sufficient information in advance.
Alderman (speaker 3) stated he would abstain from the bond vote because he had not received the packet information he prefers to review before voting; the abstention was recorded in the meeting but the motion otherwise passed. No additional roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript for each hire or transfer; mayoral motions and voice/hand votes were used for approvals.
