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Sedan council approves 5% pay raise for city employees, excludes mayor and judge
Summary
After multiple executive sessions on personnel, the Sedan City Council voted Jan. 7, 2025, to give a 5% pay increase to all city employees, excluding the mayor and judge. The decision followed closed-door discussions under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1).
The Sedan City Council voted Jan. 7, 2025, to give a 5% pay increase to all city employees, excluding the mayor and the judge. Council member Adam Clark moved for the increase; Angela Evans seconded and the motion carried.
The approval came after the council entered a series of executive sessions to discuss personnel matters under the Kansas Open Meetings Act provision K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1). The council announced brief closed sessions with specific return times and, after each return, resumed the open meeting; no decisions were disclosed during those resumptions. The pay increase motion was made after the third executive session and passed in open session.
City staff in attendance included City Clerk Lana Robinson, public works employee Jim Miller and Raven Darnall; Police Officer Devin Lumley was also present. The minutes do not record a roll-call vote tally or the effective date of the pay increase. The motion as recorded in the minutes states the increase applies to "all employees of the city excluding the Mayor and Judge." The minutes do not specify salary bands, whether the increase is permanent, or how the change will be implemented in the payroll system.
Council members present at the meeting were Mayor Bryan Blankinship and council members Sharon Payne, Adam Clark, Kathy Miller, Janice Fine and Angela Evans. The council did not note any required external approvals or budget adjustments in the minutes.
