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Sedan council adds mayor to bank accounts and Mayor Miller offers to forgo remaining 2026 salary to fund bonuses and training
Summary
The council voted to remove Bryan Blankinship from city bank accounts and add Mayor Kathy Miller as a signatory. Mayor Miller said she would forgo the remainder of her $5,509.92 annual salary and proposed allocating $2,750 for employee Christmas bonuses (minimum $250 each) and $1,912.24 toward training.
The Sedan City Council voted on March 3 to remove Bryan Blankinship from the city's bank accounts and add Mayor Kathy Miller as a signatory.
Adam Clark moved to remove Blankinship and add Mayor Kathy Miller; Wellington Butler seconded the motion and the vote carried unanimously (0 Nay, 3 Yay).
Mayor Kathy Miller told the council that the annual salary for her position is $5,509.92; she said $847.68 has already been paid this year to the prior mayor, leaving $4,662.24. She offered to forgo the remaining salary and proposed allocating $2,750 toward employee Christmas bonuses with a $250 minimum per eligible employee and directing the remaining $1,912.24 toward training for staff and council members ahead of the municipal convention in October. The minutes record her proposal but do not show a separate formal vote approving the reallocation of those funds.
The motion to change bank signatories was recorded in the minutes; no additional financial authorizations or budget amendments were recorded at the March 3 meeting.
