Vernon council approves personnel policy language, hires temporary emergency worker and carries other routine motions

The City of Vernon council approved routine personnel and operational items, including adopting language in the personnel application, carrying a previously discussed fire‑department generator agenda item and hiring temporary emergency help for meter reading and related duties.

At the meeting, council members praised a new employee handbook and a revised employment application; the chair called for a motion to approve the stated policy language, the motion was seconded and the council voted in favor. The chair then took up the fire‑department generator item that had been discussed at a workshop; the council moved and carried the action as presented.

On personnel, the council considered a temporary contract position to provide emergency help and meter readings. The chair asked for a motion “to hire… for a contract position at temporary emergency help 5 days a month,” and the record shows the surname “O'Brien” given in the meeting as the person to be hired and a stated pay rate of $15 an hour. The motion to hire was seconded and the motion carried.

Votes at a glance • Motion to approve the 1st‑net policy language in the employment application: motion carried (vote tallies not specified in transcript). • Fire‑department generator agenda item (previously on workshop agenda): motion carried (no tally specified). • Motion to hire temporary emergency help (surname given as O'Brien) at $15 per hour, temporary five‑day monthly assignment: motion carried (no individual vote tally recorded).

Other business included a review of animal‑control ordinance updates for future publication and a discussion about creating a maintenance logbook and documented equipment schedules. The council adjourned after the listed motions.