Silver Creek supervisors approve $1-an-hour retroactive raise for maintenance employee

Chairman Mike Helman and the Silver Creek Township Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 17 to backpay a $1.00-per-hour raise for a maintenance employee after the board reviewed recent performance evaluations.

Both maintenance employees completed performance reviews on Dec. 6 and were reported to have met or exceeded expectations, the minutes show. Chairman Mike Helman moved to apply the $1.00 raise retroactive to Oct. 28 through the present; Vice Chairman Brandon Geyen seconded the motion and the board recorded the action as carried 4-0.

The minutes note the performance-review timetable agreed upon: raises and review timing tied to a 120-day period after hire; the hire date recorded in the minutes was Oct. 26. The minutes identify one employee by the given name Blake; the record does not specify whether the raise applies to both maintenance employees or only to Blake beyond the backpay motion language.

Clerk-Treasurer Alana Paumen presented the treasurer's report earlier in the meeting; the minutes also record that a county grant extension was approved, though the minutes do not specify the grant amount or program. The board recessed after the maintenance item for an organizational meeting and continued with other agenda business.

The board did not provide additional budgetary details for the retroactive pay in the minutes. The next procedural steps or account adjustments were not specified.