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Pearlington board raises current technician pay to $19, caps new-hire rate at $17.50 after executive-session votes
Summary
At a July 8 special meeting, the Pearlington Water and Sewer District Board of Commissioners voted unanimously in executive session to increase the current technician’s pay to $19 per hour and to set a maximum rate of $17.50 per hour for a newly hired technician; the board adjourned at 3:34 p.m.
The Pearlington Water and Sewer District Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on July 8, 2025, to raise the hourly pay for the district’s current technician to $19 and to set a pay cap of $17.50 an hour for a new technician hire. The special meeting opened at 3:00 p.m. at the Pearlington Recovery Center and adjourned at 3:34 p.m.
Cheryl Bennett, chairperson of the Pearlington Water and Sewer District Board of Commissioners, had called the special meeting and the board moved into an executive session to discuss personnel matters. According to the minutes, the board first approved motions to go into closed session and then into executive session; the motions were moved and seconded by sitting commissioners and recorded as passed.
In executive session the board approved a motion "to increase the rate of pay for the current technician to $19/hr," moved by Debra Sonnier and seconded by Nolan Pansano, with the minutes recording "Ayes: All." The board also approved a motion "to set the rate of pay for the new tech hire to a rate not to exceed $17.50/hr," moved by Rosa Jackson and seconded by John Pavlovich, also recorded as passed. Board Attorney Derek Cusick later announced to those in attendance the motions and the results that had been taken during the executive session.
The minutes do not disclose further personnel details discussed in executive session. The board’s next regular meeting was announced as July 16, 2025, at 3 p.m.
The minutes record the procedural votes and the adjournment motion moved by Rosa Jackson and seconded by Nolan Pansano; no roll-call vote-by-name was included in the minutes beyond the notation "Ayes: All."
