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Burden approves $1/hour raise for public works employee; supervisor seeks summer help and backhoe repair
Summary
After a brief executive session, the Burden City Council approved a $1.00 per-hour pay increase for Public Works employee Ben Dobbs for obtaining his water certification. Public Works Supervisor Dale Deets reported spring workload will require summer help and noted a leaking backhoe cylinder needing repair.
Following a closed-session personnel discussion, the Burden City Council approved a $1.00-per-hour wage increase for Public Works employee Ben Dobbs to recognize his attainment of a water certification.
The motion to increase Dobbs’ pay was made by Sherrie Conklin and seconded by Chase Hobart; the council voted 4-0 to approve the raise after the council returned from a five-minute executive session under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1). The increase was tied explicitly to obtaining the water certification.
Public Works Supervisor Dale Deets briefed the council on spring workload and requested permission to rehire the previous year’s summer helper; the council consented. Deets also said one leg of the backhoe has a leaking cylinder that needs repair. No formal procurement or repair contract was approved at the meeting; the items were reported as operational needs and informal consensus was recorded for hiring seasonal help.
The council did not specify a salary schedule change beyond the single raise, and no budget amendment was recorded in the minutes. The personnel action and hiring decision were the principal operational outcomes for the department at this meeting.
